US: Taliban struck shortly after insider attack

By Associated Press

Published February 15, 2014 5:00am ET

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US: Taliban struck shortly after insider attack — Afghan National Army soldiers stand guard near the main gate of the Parwan Detention Facility Center on the outskirts of Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Massoud Hossaini) | Massoud Hossaini

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says that shortly after two U.S. soldiers were gunned down by two men wearing Afghan army uniforms in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban insurgents attacked the district center where the Americans had been operating.

The Pentagon identified the soldiers as 22-year-old Spc. John A. Pelham of Portland, Ore., and 41-year-old Sgt. 1st Class Roberto C. Skelt of York, Fla.

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