Taliban suicide bombers have attacked a US base in Afghanistan with explosives and gunfire, sparking a two-hour battle with American forces.
Militants detonated a car bomb at the gate of Jalalabad Airfield before American helicopters opened fire on the militants.
Local police officials said a dozen bodies in Afghan police and military uniforms were around the entrance.
It was not immediately clear whether the dead were Afghan security forces or militants dressed in uniforms, a tactic the Taliban sometimes deploys during its attacks.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed the militants stormed the base, but a spokesman for the Afghan Defence Ministry, General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, said none of the militants had been able to enter.
The Nato military coalition also described it as a failed attack.
Lieutenant Colonel Hagen Messer, a spokesman for the international military coalition, said: "We can confirm insurgents, including multiple suicide bombers, attacked Jalalabad Airfield this morning.
"None of the attackers succeeded in breaching the perimeter."
He said the fighting had ended by mid-morning, and one member of the Afghan security forces had been killed.
Several foreign troops were wounded, but Lt Col Messer did not give any numbers or details.
"The final assessment of what happened this morning is not yet complete, but initial reports indicate there were three suicide bombers," he added.
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