KABUL: A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, an Afghan official said.
A series of explosions were heard at the base. Whereas, gun battle erupted after the attack which still continues between attackers and the US forces, however‚ there was no immediate report of any causality.
According to the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, the heavily armed militants attacked the site in the Torkham area on Monday morning.
Abdulzai said Afghan and US forces are engaged in gunfire against the militants, and that NATO helicopters are flying over the base.
Meanwhile‚ Taliban have claimed the responsibility of the attack on US base near Totkham. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the insurgent group was behind the attack.
The highway between Jalalabad city and Torkham, an important route for Nato supply trucks, has been closed after the attack.
