Taliban rocket attack on US base near Kabul

The Taliban have carried out a rocket attack on the main US base outside Kabul.

The attack on Bagram Air Field took place before dawn. Two rockets fired from shoulder held launchers slammed into the centre. A Taliban spokesman claimed that a number of US soldiers were injured in the incident. Such an attack on a heavily defended target is evidence of the Taliban's new found confidence following a year which has seen them inflict heavy casualties on occupation forces .

Earlier in the year they said that they would drive US and UK forces out of the country. An upsurge in attacks in recent weeks has left dozens of American and British soldiers dead and has resulted in particularly heavy casualties in the Afghan Army.