NATO base in Afghanistan attacked

A suicide truck bomb attack on a joint NATO-Afghan army base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday caused several casualties to Afghan forces, the International Security Assistance Force said. Reports by Afghan officials of the number of soldiers wounded in the attack - claimed by Taliban insurgents - varied from 10 to 45.

‘This morning a joint ISAF-ANSF combat outpost in Zurmat district in Paktiya province was attacked using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device,’ an ISAF spokesman said.