Taliban attack on Nato base in Afghanistan is 'repelled'

[Tom Clancy]

BBC News - Taliban attack on Nato base in Afghanistan is 'repelled'


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Nato spokesman Brigadier General Josef Blotz: "The perimeter was not breached"

Insurgents have attacked Nato forces in eastern Afghanistan.

Several attackers were killed in the Taliban attack on a base at an airfield outside Jalalabad, near the border with Pakistan.

Gunmen set off a car bomb and fired rocket-propelled grenades, wounding two soldiers, Nato said.

The US Senate has confirmed US Gen David Petraeus as the new commander of the campaign in Afghanistan.

The general earlier warned of an "industrial-strength insurgency" in the country, saying that fighting might "get more intense in the next few months".

His appointment follows the dramatic departure of Gen Stanley McChrystal last week.

In another development, UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox warned of further coalition casualties to come while stressing the dangers of withdrawing troops prematurely.