A group of 75 Taliban militants tried to overrun a US-led coalition base in southern Afghanistan today, a rare frontal attack that left more than 20 militants dead, the coalition said in a statement.

A ROCKET slammed into an American logistics base yesterday near the city of Balad, killing two US soldiers and wounding 26 people, and saboteurs again blew up a key oil pipeline.

Two American soldiers were killed and 21 injured today when a rocket slammed into a logistics base near the Iraqi town of Balad.