Taliban Attack US airbase in Kandahar, try to get inside.

A group of Taliban militants have launched a ground attack on the Kandahar US air base in Afghanistan, setting off a spate of deadly clashes with foreign troops.

Some of the Taliban forces blew themselves up in front of NATO's largest base in southern Afghanistan after having failed to infiltrate into the base while others began firing at US-led forces with rocket propelled grenades, a Press TV correspondent reported on Tuesday.

The gun firing between the Taliban and the US forces has not came to a halt, but the American and Afghan security forces have now taken control of issues at the base.

According to Taliban spokesperson Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, the fresh round of attacks is waged as part of a stepped-up campaign against US-led troops in Kandahar province.

Meanwhile, Maj. Fred De Mos, a spokesman for NATO forces told AFP that the number of casualties during the fight is still unknown.

Taliban forces made a similar attempt on May 22, just a few days after militants sent a number of bombers to raid the Bagram Air Field near the capital.

The incidents come as the number of attacks against US-led troops in Afghanistan has soared significantly over the past months amid public outcry over the prolonged war in the war-crippled country.

The latest development also comes as July set the record as the deadliest month for US-led forces stationed in the country since 2001.

Kandahar air base is considered the largest US base in southern Afghanistan, and is used by American, Canadian and Afghan soldiers.

Some 140,000 NATO and US soldiers are stationed in Afghanistan-30,000 of whom are deployed in the southern Taliban heartlands of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
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[stevesprinceofsteaks]

This was a fucking joke. KAF is huge and this handful of piss ants didn't do shit. Got killed.

[steviepc7]

I remember this night. Still have the announcement on my camera.  Wierd hearing KAF is under ground attack.

[ZRN1986]

I was there that night! That's a night I will never forget! Ga its great to home finally!

[carexperttoronto]

Canada 4 ever! arab suxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx­xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[JizzTechCo]

BS Canadian engineers stopped the Talis in their tracks before they could even get inside.

[kafsniper1]

I was in KAF when we have been attack . My position have been a sniper tower " Tango 2 "

[Grandechalupa]

This report is full of shit. I was at the base in Kandahar from May 2010 to May 2011 and this attack was squashed by Canadian Engineers who happen to be at the right place at the right time. So not a true account.

[xvsshop]

few hundred years ago were the enemies of black America, then Japanese, Germans, Russians, Chinese, vietnamisen then and now Muslims, who are next? usa loves war, otherwise the build is not the best armor and bomb and rocket!

[afghanhero123]

@cryoes Fuck u motherfucking asshole the muslims will fuck u up you fucking racist cunt your mum is gay u loser

[sdchargers4life1]

@aviationdoc I'm sure they do aswell. They would only chop your balls off and feed them to you before they chop your head off. Think about what side you support.