Bagram Airbase

Anti-missile system put up at Kabul airport to repel Taliban rockets

Taliban fighters do not have any organised capacity but have demonstrated they can fire modified rockets from vehicles and create panic, a security official says.

The Taliban is convincing Afghan forces not to fight them

In the face of a re-energised Taliban assault Afghan government forces are abandoning their posts, but the fight is far from over as the Taliban is also rumoured to be taking heavy losses.

Afghanistan: 5 dead in Taliban raid on biggest US base

At least 70 people have been wounded in a suicide bombing and assault on Bagram Air Base north of capital Kabul.