Taliban attack on Kabul airport quashed

The body of a Taliban fighter lies in a building in Kabul.

Afghan military soldiers stand guard as Taliban fighters attacked near Kabul airport, Afghanistan, Monday, June, 10, 2013. Seven heavily armed Taliban insurgents launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistan's main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATO's airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb. Two Afghan civilians were wounded and all the attackers were killed after an hours-long battle.(AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid) ORG XMIT: XAJ103

An Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) member looks on during a clash between insurgents and Afghan security forces near Kabul military airport in Kabul on June 10, 2013. All seven militants who launched an attack on June 10 on Kabul airport died in the assault, Afghan police said, adding that no civilian and security force casualties had yet been reported. "There were seven assailants -- two (suicide bombers) died detonating themselves and five others were killed in fighting," Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul police, told reporters. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 520453055

Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) members run on the top of a roof during a clash between insurgents and Afghan security forces near Kabul military airport in Kabul on June 10, 2013. All seven militants who launched an attack on June 10 on Kabul airport died in the assault, Afghan police said, adding that no civilian and security force casualties had yet been reported. "There were seven assailants -- two (suicide bombers) died detonating themselves and five others were killed in fighting," Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul police, told reporters. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 520453012

Afghan security forces stand guard at the site of a suicide attack near Kabul military airport in Kabul on June 10, 2013. All seven militants who launched an attack on June 10 on Kabul airport died in the assault, Afghan police said, adding that no civilian and security force casualties had yet been reported. "There were seven assailants -- two (suicide bombers) died detonating themselves and five others were killed in fighting," Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul police, told reporters. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 520453180

TOPSHOTS An Afghan Crisis Response Unit (CRU) member (L) and a foreign solider (R) look over cement bags during a clash between insurgents and Afghan security forces near Kabul military airport in Kabul on June 10, 2013. All seven militants who launched an attack on June 10 on Kabul airport died in the assault, Afghan police said, adding that no civilian and security force casualties had yet been reported. "There were seven assailants -- two (suicide bombers) died detonating themselves and five others were killed in fighting," Mohammad Ayoub Salangi, chief of Kabul police, told reporters. AFP PHOTO/ SHAH MaraiSHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: 520456950

Afghan policemen sit atop a vehicle upon arrival after Taliban fighters attacked near Kabul airport, Afghanistan, Monday, June, 10, 2013. Seven heavily armed Taliban fighters launched a pre-dawn attack near Afghanistanís main airport Monday, apparently targeting NATOís airport headquarters with rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and at least one large bomb. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid) ORG XMIT: XAJ117