Afghan officials said the soldiers pulled out of the outpost in Wanat village in northeastern Kunar province on Tuesday. NATO spokesman in Afghanistan, confirmed that they have vacated the combat outpost at Wanat saying all these kinds of outposts are temporary. Fifteen u.s. and four afghan soldiers were wounded in Sunday’s fighting, in which militants breached the outpost.
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