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Two American soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack on a US base in relatively quiet eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, far from the front lines of a major US offensive in southern Helmand province, an extremist stronghold.
The surprise attack took place in the Zerok district of Paktika province, hundreds of miles from where US forces expected to engage the Taliban, highlighting the group's resilience in the face of US efforts to stabilize the country in the run up to the presidential election in August.
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