Taliban Suicide Bombers Attack US Base

Five people are dead after three suicide car bombs went off at Forward Operating Base Fenty, near the Jalalabad Airfield, in Afghanistan, Sunday morning.

Three of the dead were Afghan soldiers, the other two civilians.

Fourteen more soldiers were wounded, as well as another four civilians.

Forward Operating Base Fenty is a NATO base, mostly used by American troops, but there have been no reports of casualties amongst them.

The attack set off a gun battle, which lasted over two hours, between coalition troops and Taliban forces.

At least nine members of the terrorist group were killed.

It was the third attack on the base, in 2012.