Taliban militants attacks NATO military in Afghanistan

Taliban militants have attacked a NATO military outpost near the airport in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad.



The Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said the attack on its forward operating base in the Nangahar province lasted two hours.



Eight militants, one of whom was wearing a suicide belt, died. The Taliban said it was behind the assault.



Later, two policemen and six civilians were killed by a bomb on a motorbike in Kunduz province.



Another 18 people were wounded in the attack on a crowded market, which appeared to target a local militia leader in Emam Sehab district.