[Al Jazeera] Nato-led troops have killed more than 30 Taliban fighters after their base was attacked in Paktika...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo...
province in southern Afghanistan, the military coalition has said.
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"Initial operational reporting indicates more than 30 bully boyz were killed in the failed attack," the statement read.
Zemarai, an Afghan army general, said the bodies of at least 15 fighters were seen lying on the battlefield after the attack.
Afghan troops were still collecting bodies at the site, Isaf said. It said five Isaf soldiers were maimed in the attack.
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban front man, said they had attacked the base and that six police outposts had been overrun in the attack. Speaking by telephone from
He said eight Taliban fighters had been killed.
Pre-dawn attack
James Bays, Al Jizz's correspondent in Kabul, the Afghan capital, said the attack took place in the early hours, at 1.30 in the morning.
"The Nato release says the number [of attackers] was about 30 but we spoke to the Taliban leader who said the number of attackers was 70," he said. "It was won in the end by close air support from planes and helicopters that were called into the area."
The Taliban and other gangs have launched a series of brazen assaults on foreign bases and government buildings in the past year in a bid to topple the government and force out foreign troops.
Last month, five boomers were killed during an attack on a similar-sized base in neighbouring Paktia province, to the north of Paktika.