
Taliban insurgents launched a brazen attack on the U.S. base at Bagram on Wednesday morning, sparking a firefight continued as left at least five U.S. soldiers wounded.
The U.S. command confirmed that an attack was self-expression, and said that American soldiers had killed seven of the attackers. The military gave few details, but a NATO spokesman, Lieutenant CMdR. Iain Baxter, said that no rebels had got into the base.