KABUL, Afghanistan — Insurgents killed an American soldier and wounded two others in a fierce gunbattle, the military said Tuesday, violence that underscored stiffening resistance nearly two years after a U.S.-led coalition ousted the Taliban from power.
The latest battle occurred Monday near a coalition base at Shkin, a few miles from the Pakistan border, spokesman Col. Rodney Davis said.
Assaults by Taliban militants and al-Qaida forces — aimed mostly at Western targets, aid workers and Afghanistan’s U.S.-backed government — have grown increasingly bold.
"There is no doubt that the situation is getting worse," said Khan Mohammed, commander of about 3,000 Afghan troops based in the southern city of Kandahar. "The Taliban have regrouped, and my troops are battling them all the time. These raids will continue."
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