In Afghanistan, at least eight Taliban militants were killed when they attacked a NATO-operated airport today in eastern city of Jalalabad. Spokesman for the provincial governor Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said at least one suicide bomber detonated a car bomb at the gate of the airport. Others then tried to enter the barricade but were killed in gunbattle with NATO and Afghan forces. Two NATO soldiers received minor injuries. NATO said the airfield's perimeter was not breached, and several insurgents were killed during the attack, adding that no civilian injuries were reported. Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack.Taliban militants have recently intensified their attacks on Afghan and foreign military targets. The militants attacked NATO military bases at Bagram close to Kabul, and at the Kandahar airport last month. June has also become the bloodiest month for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in the nearly nine-year-insurgency with more than 100 of its soldiers killed.