KABUL (AFP) -- Several Taleban suicide attackers tried to storm a U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan early Tuesday and at least six have been found dead, a provincial governor said.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force confirmed that a U.S. military base in the eastern town of Khost, 30 kilometres (19 miles) from the border with Pakistan, was under attack but could give few details.
""We have heard about suicide bombers on foot. They are receiving indirect fire,"" an officer in the ISAF media office in Kabul told AFP.
He could not give details because fighting at Camp Salerno was ongoing, he said.
The Khost governor, Arsala Jamal, said several men had tried to attack the base.
""According to our reports about 30 Taleban tried to attack the Salerno base. They were fired at. We have found six bodies which were all wearing suicide vests,"" he told AFP.
""Some of them have blown themselves up. Others are hiding in nearby houses and corn fields. The troops are searching for them,"" he said.
Four Afghan army troops had been wounded in the fighting, the governor said.
The attackers had also launched rockets at the base, an Afghan army officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
The new attack comes a day after a suicide bombing outside Camp Salerno killed 10 Afghan laborers and wounded 13 more.
Security forces were able to prevent a second suicide attack moments later, the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan officials said. The Taleban claimed responsibility.