Military

U.S. Marines Attacked in Afghanistan

The unit reported receiving rocket-propelled-grenade, automatic-weapons and machine gun fire at about 6 p.m. local time.

Both Marines received shrapnel wounds to the shoulder, and both were treated at the scene before continuing with their mission.

The insurgent fighters retreated after the ambush. The Marines conducted a search of the area and continued their mission.

(From a Combined Forces Command Afghanistan news release.)