Insurgents launched a brazen pre-dawn assault Wednesday against the giant U.S.-run Bagram Air Field, the second Taliban strike at NATO forces in and around the capital in as many days, the Associated Press reported. At least 10 insurgents were killed and seven U.S. service members wounded in the attack on Bagram, which started at about 3 a.m. with rockets, small arms and grenades fired into the base, said Maj. Virginia McCabe, a spokeswoman for U.S. forces at Bagram. The gunfire finally subsided around midday, said another spokesman, Master Sgt. Tom Clementson. «It's been a little while since we've heard any gunfire but we're still maintaining a heightened security posture,» he said.
