It is now 00:30 universal time and here is the news in Special English from the Voice of America. I'm Robert Cohen in Washington.
At least 24 resistance fighters have been killed in eastern Afghanistan by NATO and Afghan forces. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization says the rebels fired machine guns and rockets at 2 American military bases early Saturday morning. A Taliban spokesman said about 30 militants were involved in the attack. A VOA reporter says the attack leader was killed as he tried to escape to Pakistan. General David Petraeus told reporters Saturday that militant groups remain a problem because they are able to hide in Pakistan. The general is the top United States military commander in Afghanistan.
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