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Taliban attack airport and base in east Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

Reuters - Taliban insurgents attacked the main airport and a foreign military base at Jalalabad in Afghanistan’s east on Saturday, Reuters witnesses and police said, with at least three of…

8 militants killed in gunbattle at Afghan airport (AP)

June 30th, 2010

File photo of a US soldier standing guard on the NATO air base in Jalalabad in Afghanistan. One of the biggest NATO bases in Afghanistan came under attack Wednesday, the military alliance said, in a strike claimed by the Taliban.(AFP/Pool/File/Paul J. Richards)AP - Eight militants were killed in a gunbattle after a suicide car bombing Wednesday at the entrance to an airport outside the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad, airport authorities…

Fighting erupts at airport in eastern Afghan city (AP)

June 30th, 2010

Interactive graphic on Afghanistan where a total of 100 foreign soldiers fighting the Taliban have died in June, making it the deadliest month for NATO in nine years of conflict.(AFP iactiv)AP - Fighting has erupted in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad where police say they heard explosions at the airport.


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