(19 Aug 2008) SHOTLIST
Khost, eastern Afghanistan
1. Various of people gathered in a field near US base Camp Salerno which was attacked by suicide bombers, smoke rising in the background
2. Villagers fleeing the area
3. Mid of villagers looking at suicide bomber's body
4. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) Mohammad Yaqoot, villager:
"The Taliban attacked here, then the helicopters bombed them. As a result some Taliban members were killed and four or five villagers were killed in their houses, they were children and women."
5. Mid of smoke coming out of crater
6. Mid of a villager collecting shells from the ground
7. Wide of smoke rising
Kabul
8. Wide of news conference
9. Photographer
10. SOUNDBITE: (Pashto) General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for Afghan Defence Ministry:
"It was the biggest group of terrorists suicide bombers who attacked a military base and it was the biggest achievement for the Afghan Army Commandos, they killed ten suicide bombers before their attack."
11. Officials
12. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for Afghan Defence Ministry:
"During the operation, six Afghan Army Commandos were wounded, three of them had minor injuries and rejoined their group shortly, and three others are under medical treatment, they are in good condition. At the beginning, we had said that six of our allied soldiers were wounded, which is not correct, the correct number of their wounded is three."
13. Close up of hand writing
14. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for Afghan Defence Ministry:
"French troops entered (Ozbin, eastern Afghanistan) at 1900 (1430 GMT). Heavy fighting occurred between French soldiers belonging ISAF and terrorists last night, there might be some casualties among the French soldiers, we do not have the details, they will announce it themselves if there are any."
15. Cameraman
16. SOUNDBITE (Pashto) General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, spokesman for Afghan Defence Ministry:
"This morning at 0500 (00:30 GMT) two brigades of Afghan Army Commandos started their operation there to support the French troops, and we have another reserved battalion as well, the forces entered the area there was heavy fighting, we could manage to evacuate the damaged vehicles as well as some of the wounded. According to the latest report, 27 enemies were killed."
17. Cameramen
STORYLINE
A team of suicide bombers in Afghanistan tried to storm a US military base near the border with Pakistan on Monday, in a daring insurgent attack on a major American installation, officials said on Tuesday, as NATO sustained its highest death toll in a single incident in three years when ten French soldiers reportedly were killed in fierce fighting with militants outside Kabul.
Six suicide bombers attacked the US base and three detonated their vests, NATO officials said.
Afghan officials said at least 13 militants died in the attack, including six suicide bombers.
General Mohammad Zahir Azimi, the Afghan Defence Ministry spokesman, said Afghan soldiers, aided by US troops, chased and surrounded a group of insurgents.
Afghan Army Commandos "killed ten suicide bombers before their attack," he told a press conference.
Six Afghan and three allied soldiers were injured during the operation, he said.
NATO offered a slightly different account, saying three suicide bombers detonated their vests and that three bombers were shot dead.
NATO said seven attackers in total were killed.
The base is just a few miles (kilometres) from Pakistan's border. Salerno is the second largest US base in Afghanistan, after the main base at Bagram.
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