KABUL, March xx (Reuters) - The soldiers were asleep when attackers struck their outpost, tucked in the mountains of Afghanistan's eastern province of Kunar and on the front lines of a deepening war between the army and a potent mix of militants.
Afghan officials say scores of militants killed 21 soldiers as they overran the tiny fortified base on February 23.
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