U.S. special forces in combat at Tora Bora

TORA BORA, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. special forces battled to take an al-Qaida machine-gun position Friday, and two of the Americans were slightly wounded in an exchange of fire, a witness said.

Twelve members of the U.S. special forces and dozens of tribal eastern alliance fighters were trying to take out an al-Qaida defensive position near the terrorist organization's Tora Bora cave and tunnel complex when they came under machine-gun fire, said one of the Afghan fighters.

The fighter, who uses the single name of Khawri, said the Americans and Afghans exchanged fire and that two of the Americans were grazed by bullets -- one in the shoulder, the other in the knee.

Khawri said the two Americans were well enough to walk down the mountain. They were put into a jeep and taken back to a schoolhouse in a nearby town where they have been staying for medical treatment, he said.

U.S. special forces have been supporting Afghan fighters of the eastern alliance who are trying to dislodge al-Qaida fighters trapped in the remote White Mountains.