A NATO base in eastern Afghanistan was hit by a suicide truck bomb attack on Wednesday causing several casualties

A NATO base in eastern Afghanistan was hit by a suicide truck bomb attack on Wednesday causing several casualties.
  
Reports by Afghan officials of the number of Afghan soldiers wounded in the attack -- claimed by Taliban insurgents -- varied from 10 to 45, but there were no reports of any deaths.
  
"This morning a joint ISAF-ANSF (Afghan National Security Forces) combat outpost in Zurmat district in Paktiya province was attacked by insurgents using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device and indirect fire," an ISAF spokesman told AFP.
  
"Early reports say the attack resulted in several ANSF casualties, but there is currently no reporting on ISAF casualties," he said.
  
Deputy provincial governor Abdul Rahman Mangal told AFP: "Around 45 army soldiers have been slightly wounded, mostly by broken glass, by the huge blast caused by a truck bomb at the gate."
  
The Taliban said their fighters had infiltrated the base after the suicide  attack and fighting was continuing.