Middle East
13 Americans Said to Be Among Killed in Kabul Attack
Copter Downed by Taliban Fire – Elite U.S. Unit Among Dead
In the deadliest day for American forces in the nearly decade-long war in Afghanistan, insurgents shot down a Chinook transport helicopter on Saturday, killing 30 Americans, including some Navy Seal commandos from the unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as 8 Afghans, American and Afghan officials said.