An attack on two bases in southern Afghanistan used by foreign troops ended on Friday when police and a spokesman for NATO-led coalition forces said four insurgents had been killed.<br/> The attack on a military and civilian provincial reconstruction team in Kandahar province began on Thursday and lasted for more than 15 hours.<br/> The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said an Afghan interpreter it employed was also killed and five ISAF service personnel were wounded along with a civilian U.S. contractor and two Afghan security guards.<br/> The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack which included the use of rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.<br/> An Interior Ministry spokesman said soldiers also found a car suspected to contain explosives.<br/> Kandahar city and its surrounding districts are still among the most insecure areas of Afghanistan despite more than a year of offensives by coalition and Afghan troops.
