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Seven insurgents have been killed during an attack on the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, Nato says.
Five Nato troops were injured during the exchanges, which has now ended.
A Taliban spokesman Zabaiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the assault, saying 20 suicide attackers were involved.
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber attacked a Nato convoy in Kabul, killing 18, including five Nato soldiers.
Bagram is one of the largest military bases in the country, home to mainly US troops.
The attack began early on Wednesday, which included rockets, small arms and grenades.
Two Afghan police and intelligence chiefs told the BBC that fighting near the Bagram base had stopped.
Nato said seven insurgents were killed during the operation, but Afghan police at the scene said the attack involved only five insurgents who were all killed.
The insurgents approached the base in a car and one of the attackers killed himself using a suicide vest.
The air base is situated 30 miles (50km) north of the Afghan capital.
In Tuesday's attack in Kabul, five military vehicles were damaged and more than a dozen civilian vehicles, including a bus, were also caught in the blast.
The BBC's Mark Dummett says that, as is often the case in such attacks, Afghan civilians seem to have borne the brunt of the explosion in the city.
BBC News - Afghan insurgents attack Bagram air base
Five Nato troops were injured during the exchanges, which has now ended.
A Taliban spokesman Zabaiullah Mujahid claimed responsibility for the assault, saying 20 suicide attackers were involved.
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber attacked a Nato convoy in Kabul, killing 18, including five Nato soldiers.
Bagram is one of the largest military bases in the country, home to mainly US troops.
The attack began early on Wednesday, which included rockets, small arms and grenades.
Two Afghan police and intelligence chiefs told the BBC that fighting near the Bagram base had stopped.
Nato said seven insurgents were killed during the operation, but Afghan police at the scene said the attack involved only five insurgents who were all killed.
The insurgents approached the base in a car and one of the attackers killed himself using a suicide vest.
The air base is situated 30 miles (50km) north of the Afghan capital.
In Tuesday's attack in Kabul, five military vehicles were damaged and more than a dozen civilian vehicles, including a bus, were also caught in the blast.
The BBC's Mark Dummett says that, as is often the case in such attacks, Afghan civilians seem to have borne the brunt of the explosion in the city.
BBC News - Afghan insurgents attack Bagram air base
