Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A team of suicide bombers tried to storm a U.S. military base near the border with Pakistan in a daring insurgent attack on a major American installation, officials said Tuesday. Six suicide bombers attacked and three detonated their vests, NATO officials said. Afghan officials said at least 13 militants died in the attack, including six suicide bombers. NATO offered a slightly different account, saying three suicide bombers detonated their vests and that three bombers were shot to death. NATO said seven attackers in total were killed. The militants who attacked the U.S. base failed to gain entry to Camp Salerno in Khost city after launching waves of attacks just before midnight on Monday, said Arsallah Jamal, the governor of Khost. The base is just a few miles (kilometers) from Pakistan's border. Salerno is the second largest U.S. base in Afghanistan, after the main base at Bagram.