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They launch mortars almost straight up. because 20 taliban fighters are just 100 yards away. but in the chaos they're just realizing how bad it is. >> any others? how many we have? >> we got two in there. >> in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. >> stay low. stay low! >> now three soldiers are wounded. they're treated under fire and evacuated off the roof . >> the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. >> i show you that, one, because lest we forget, our troops are facing incredible, incredible difficulties in the field and are showing great valor and ...

This is part of that report. >> reporter: after the salutes and prayers, charlie company marches back home. the taliban are watching them. they attack as soon as the troops return to their outpost. the soldiers rush to the roof to return fire. it's the most intense assault ever on the outpost. >> just saw m.o. >> reporter: they launch mo morytrys straight up. 100 taliban fighters are just 100 yards away. in the chaos they're just realizing how bad it is. >> how many we have? >> there's two in there. >> reporter: in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured.

They launch mortars almost straight up. because 20 taliban fighters are just 100 yards away. but in the chaos they're just realizing how bad it is. >> any others? how many we have? >> we got two in there. >> in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. >> stay low. stay low! >> now three soldiers are wounded. they're treated under fire and evacuated off the roof . >> the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. >> i show you that, one, because lest we forget, our troops are facing incredible, incredible difficulties in the field and are showing great valor and ...

>> reporter: in the guard tower on the roof, soldiers find more injured. >> stay low. stay low. >> reporter: now three soldiers are wounded. they're treated under fire and evacuated off the roof. the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. in minutes, the guard tower is back up. >> there is an now been a lull in the fighting. the air support seems to have stopped the attack, at least for now. the soldiers are still all here on high alert in case there's another attack. >> reporter: after 30 intense minutes, it's finally over. medevac helicopters lift away the injured. >> wel...

>> stay low. stay low. >> reporter: now three soldiers are wounded. they're treated under fire and evacuated off the roof. the troops keep firing, now supported by helicopter gun ships. in minutes the guard tower is back up. there's now been a lull in the fighting. the air support seems to have stopped the attack, at least for now. the soldiers are still all here on high alert. in case there's another attack. >> reporter: after 30 intense minutes, it's finally over. medevac helicopters lift away the injured. >> well, it's an honor to be in the same news organization as richard engel. sebastian...