Title: Taliban Attack Kills Six US Soldiers

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/tal_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Taliban Attack Kills Six US Soldiers' data-article-id='1088'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='10354'>A U.S. military official said six American soldiers were killed Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan.</span> <span data-start-time='10354' data-end-time='15854'>The official said that two other U.S. soldiers were injured. </span> <span data-start-time='15854' data-end-time='19813'>The official asked not to be named.</span> <span data-start-time='19813' data-end-time='24667'>The attack occurred near the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. </span> <span data-start-time='24667' data-end-time='30563'>It is the biggest U.S. military facility in Afghanistan.</span> <span data-start-time='30563' data-end-time='34750'>The Taliban took credit for the deadly attack.</span> <span data-start-time='34750' data-end-time='44500'>A Taliban statement sent to journalists said a suicide bomber riding a motorbike carried out the attack.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='44500' data-end-time='56833'>Monday’s attack comes almost two weeks after a group of heavily armed Taliban suicide bombers hit a southern Kandahar air base. </span> <span data-start-time='56833' data-end-time='61729'>That base also houses U.S. soldiers.</span> <span data-start-time='61729' data-end-time='69063'>That attack lasted more than 29 hours and more than 54 people were killed. </span> <span data-start-time='69063' data-end-time='82042'>They included 39 civilians, 13 Afghan national army soldiers and two Afghan national police officers, according to the Associated Press.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/tal_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=4840 data-hint-location='19813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/where_did_the_attack_take_place.m4a'>Where did the attack take place?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Afghanistan'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/iraq.m4a'><span>Iraq</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/afghanistan.m4a'><span>Afghanistan</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/pakistan.m4a'><span>Pakistan</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/india.m4a'><span>India</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4842 data-hint-location='30563' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/the__blank__took_credit_for_the_deadly_attack.m4a'>The <span class='blank'>Taliban</span> took credit for the deadly attack.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Taliban'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/extremists.m4a'><span>extremists</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/cia.m4a'><span>CIA</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/taliban.m4a'><span>Taliban</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/701/islamic_state.m4a'><span>Islamic State</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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A U.S. military official said six American soldiers were killed Monday in a suicide bomb attack in Afghanistan. The official said that two other U.S. soldiers were injured. The official asked not to be named. The attack occurred near the Bagram airbase in Afghanistan. It is the biggest U.S. military facility in Afghanistan. The Taliban took credit for the deadly attack. A Taliban statement sent to journalists said a suicide bomber riding a motorbike carried out the attack.

Monday’s attack comes almost two weeks after a group of heavily armed Taliban suicide bombers hit a southern Kandahar air base. That base also houses U.S. soldiers. That attack lasted more than 29 hours and more than 54 people were killed. They included 39 civilians, 13 Afghan national army soldiers and two Afghan national police officers, according to the Associated Press.

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