Insurgents attack Bagram air base

Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault today against the giant US-run Bagram Air Field, the second Taliban strike at Nato forces in and around the capital in as many days.

At least 10 insurgents were killed so far in the “ongoing attack” on Bagram, which started at about 3am with rockets, small arms and grenades fired into the base, said Major Virginia McCabe, a spokeswoman for US forces at Bagram.