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 (Isaf) said the attack on its forward operating base in Nangahar province lasted two hours. Eight militants, one of whom was wearing a suicide belt, died. The Taliban said it was behind the assault.
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