'Heroic' U.S. fighting repels Hundreds of Afghan militants

Insurgents who squared off with U.S. soldiers in a major battle in eastern Afghanistan overran a military observation point just outside a coalition outpost, but failed to take the base, a U.S. military official told CNN."It was heroic fighting," said another official, NATO spokesman Mark Laity, describing the U.S.-led troop performance.

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