Afghanistan: Militants Attack Kabul Airport

Taliban militants have used rockets to attack Kabul International Airport in a siege that lasted four hours.

Two nearby buildings were taken over by the insurgents, who fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades towards the complex and ISAF jet fighters flying over the Afghan capital.

No planes were damaged at the airport - which is also used as a base by Nato-led forces - and all civilian flights were suspended during the assault.

Afghan forces arrive at the scene of the attack on Kabul Airport

Officials said the attackers were surrounded by Afghan forces and killed.

Gul Agha Hashimi, a senior police official, said: "The attack is over, and the area is cleared from the insurgents. All the insurgents who were holed up in an under-construction building were killed."

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the pre-dawn attack which comes as foreign troops prepare to leave the war-torn country by the end of the year, and after a disputed presidential election.

The two candidates, former finance minister Ashraf Ghani and ex-foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah, have agreed to an audit of all eight million ballots which is expected to take around three weeks following claims of widespread fraud by both camps.

A suicide car bombing in eastern Afghanistan killed 89 people on Tuesday

It is not the first time the airport has come under fire from the Taliban.

Militants destroyed four choppers, including Afghan President Hamid Karzai's helicopter, in an attack earlier this month.

On Tuesday, a suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives near a busy market and mosque in eastern Afghanistan, killing 89 people.

The explosion took place in the town of Urgun in Paktika province, close to the border with Pakistan, where the military has been attacking Pakistani Taliban hideouts.

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