Afghan truck bomb hits US troops in Wardak
Almost 80 US troops have been injured and two Afghan civilians ****** by a suicide truck bomber on a military base in the eastern Wardak province
None of the injuries are life-threatening, Nato says.
Rockets were also fired at the US military base in Bagram.
News of Saturday's attacks came as the US embassy in Kabul marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks which prompted the US military operation to oust the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Ambassador Ryan Crocker acknowledged that many in the US were "tired" of the 10-year war in Afghanistan but said the US troops must remain in the country.
"We're here so there is never again another 9/11 coming from Afghanistan's soil," the AFP news agency quotes him as saying.
The Taliban, which gave sanctuary to al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden during its rule in Afghanistan, has said it carried out the ****** on the base in Wardak.
US Army spokesman Major David Eastburn said the explosives "detonated near the entry point at a combat outpost, resulting in 89 wounded in action and a 20-foot [six-metre] hole in the wall".
"Fewer than 25" Afghan civilians were also injured in the ******, the Nato-led International Security and Assistance ***** (Isaf) said.
A three-year-old girl reportedly died on her way to a clinic.
Following the ****** in Bagram - the largest US military base in Afghanistan - a run by members of the US military to mark the 9/11 attacks was cancelled.
The US has about 100,000 troops in Afghanistan, with some 33,000 due to leave within the next year.
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