The Afghan National Army is a frequent target for insurgent attacks Five foreign and four Afghan troops have died in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
A Taliban suicide bomber wearing a military uniform hit an Afghan army base near the city of Jalalabad, the Afghan defence ministry said.
Coalition officials said five foreign troops died but gave no more details. Four Afghan soldiers and four translators were said to be injured.
The attack was one of the deadliest in months against foreign troops.
Coalition officials in Afghanistan confirmed that foreign troops had died on Saturday but did not specify the nationalities of those killed.
"Five International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) service members died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan today," a statement said.
The attack was the third in four days blamed on Taliban rebels.
The first killed a tribal elder closely connected to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, while on Friday the police chief of the southern province of Kandahar was killed.
In the two most recent incidents, the attacker was wearing an Afghan military uniform.
The Afghan National Army and Afghan police are two of the key institutions preparing to take over responsibility for security from international troops, the BBC's Bilal Sarwary reports from Kabul.
The Taliban are now deliberately targeting the army and police in an effort to undermine people's confidence in them and to stop Afghans enlisting in the security forces, he adds.
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