PHOTOS: Taliban attacks U.S. base in Afghanistan
September 2, 2013
Smoke rises from NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan )
Afghan Border Police vehicles head towards a base where NATO supply trucks are burning following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
Smoke rises from a NATO supply truck following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan security official stand guard near burning military vehicles after a clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Torkham on September 2, 2013. A group of Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen have attacked a US base near the Pakistani border in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a three-hour shootout, officials said. No member of the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan was killed in the attack on a base in Nangarhar province, said a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images ( 522483991 )
NATO supply trucks burn following an attack by militants on a U.S. base in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people -- apparently all attacking insurgents -- were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
Smoke rises from NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghan policeman stands guard near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan security personnel stand alert near burnt military vehicles after a clash between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Torkham on September 2, 2013. A group of Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a US base near the Pakistani border in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a three-hour shootout, officials said. No member of the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan was killed in the attack on a base in Nangarhar province, said a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images ( 522483997 )
An Afghan policeman walks near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghan policeman stands guard near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Jalalabad province east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
An Afghan policeman stands guard near burning NATO supply trucks following an attack by militants on a U.S. base in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( APTOPIX Afghanistan )
U.S. forces patrol near the scene of an attack by militants on a U.S. base in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
Afghans wait for a closed road to be opened for traffic following an attack by militants on a U.S. base in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
U.S. soldiers forces investigate the scene of an attack by militants in the Torkham area near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border east of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Sept. 2, 2013. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the strike on a U.S. base in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Monday, setting off bombs, torching vehicles and shutting down a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said. Several people were killed. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul) ( Afghanistan )
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