Nato Afghan base targeted in ground assault

Insurgents launched a rare ground assault against Nato’s main military base in southern Afghanistan today, wounding several international service members in the second such attack on a major military installation this week.

A Canadian Press news agency report from the Kandahar base said artillery and machine gun fire reverberated through the area, about 300 miles (500km) south-west of the capital Kabul, several hours after the attack began.