Taliban attacks Nato base again
Updated on 30 June 2010
Militants have set off a car bomb and stormed the entrance to a major Nato air base in eastern Afghanistan, an attack which left eight insurgents dead.
The Taliban said it was behind the attack, the third ground assault against a major coalition base in the last five weeks. The attacks have failed to overrun the bases, but showed the Taliban has not been cowed by US efforts to ramp up the war.
Using light weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, the militants battled US and Afghan forces for 30 minutes around the airport on the outskirts of Jalalabad city.
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