The assault on the Kandahar air field comes just days after two Taliban attacks on US and Nato forces in Afghanistan.<br /><br />The group says it has now begun its "summer offensive" and will increasingly hit foreign troops.<br /><br />Codenamed Al Fatah, or victory, the operation anticipates a planned summer offensive by coalition forces in Kandahar, aimed at driving the Taliban from their traditional heartland.<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Adam Raney reports. (May 23, 2010)
