Three U.S. soldiers were wounded in an attack on a southern Afghanistan base, a military spokesman said Monday.

One attacker was killed in the gunfight that erupted when about 15 insurgents assailed the base at Deh Rawood in Uruzgan province early Sunday, Lt. Col. Bryan Hilferty said.

The wounded soldiers were flown to the main U.S. base at Bagram, 250 miles northeast near the capital, Kabul. They were in stable condition, Hilferty said.

It was unclear whether the assailants were affiliated with the ousted Taliban regime or other groups who have mounted a wave of attacks on soldiers, government targets and aid workers across Afghanistan's south and east.

At least 45 people have died in violence since Afghanistan's first post-Taliban constitution was approved Jan. 4.

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