[Tolo News] Six Taliban militants have been killed in clashes with Afghan security forces after launching rockets on Kandahar airbaseSecurity forces killed two men who were carrying explosives, said a spokesman for the governor of Kandahar, Zalmai Ayubi.
An ISAF soldier was wounded and six Taliban insurgents were killed in the attack, he added.
Qari Yosuf Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman said one of the suicide attackers managed to enter the airbase.
He added that seven suicide attackers planned an attack on Kandahar airbase, of which one blew himself up.
Kandahar airbase has come under Taliban attacks several times before.
Taliban casualties have dramatically risen in the past few months, and only in July this year, 672 insurgents were killed, 76 were wounded and 127 others have been arrested in clashes with Afghan and foreign forces.