Taliban attack key US base in Afghanistan
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Taliban insurgents armed with rockets, grenades and suicide vests stormed the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field before dawn Wednesday, triggering an eight-hour firefight that killed an American contractor and at least 10 attackers and wounded nine US service members.
As troops and contractors huddled in secure bunkers, the militants fired their weapons over American defenses into the base, according to Maj. Virginia McCabe, a spokeswoman for US forces at Bagram. White smoke could be seen rising from the garrison as U.S. attack helicopters whirred overhead. (AP)
