"Fifteen Taliban fighters were able to get past an unmanned watch tower and on to the airfield in September 2012. After five hours of fighting two US Marines lay dead, 16 soldiers were wounded and eight US planes were destroyed or damaged, the biggest loss of US aircraft in a single day since Vietnam.
Secret Isaf and US reports reveal that British officers had recommended a protective fence be built around the airfield following an earlier suicide attack. But Lt Gen Capewell said that a “ditch and berm to prevent vehicular access” had been approved instead, and insisted that no request for extra protection had been."
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