A group of Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen on Monday attacked a US base near the Pakistani border in eastern Afghanistan, sparking a three-hour shootout, officials said.

No member of the US-led NATO mission in Afghanistan was killed in the attack on a base in Nangarhar province, said a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF).

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