U. S.Armysoldiersfrom the 27thInfantry Regiment pull a bobcattractorout of the mud at their mountaintop position at Observation Post MustanginKunar Province, Afghanistan.
As U.S. military, Pakistani forces and Afghan officials sought to piece together the incident, Afghan, U.S. and Western officials said the attack took place in response to fire from the remote Pakistani posts in the Mohmand tribal region, a lawless border area that abuts Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province.