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U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019.

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019. (Brandon Cribelar/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019.

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron work together to clear debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019. (Brandon Cribelar/U.S. Air Force)

Airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron Security Forces Flight guard a road where a Taliban attack happened at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019.

Airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron Security Forces Flight guard a road where a Taliban attack happened at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019. (Matthew Lotz/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mytchell Collingridge from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, helped in efforts to clean up debris and repair broken windows after an attack near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019. Civil engineers began fixing the base as gunfire continued in an effort to get Bagram back to normal operating status.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mytchell Collingridge from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron Civil Engineer Flight, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, helped in efforts to clean up debris and repair broken windows after an attack near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019. Civil engineers began fixing the base as gunfire continued in an effort to get Bagram back to normal operating status. (Brigitte N. Brantley/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron remove damaged metal and ceiling tiles inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019.

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron remove damaged metal and ceiling tiles inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019. (Brandon Cribelar/U.S. Air Force)

A pillow that was blown outside a service member's room lies on the ground while civil engineers from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, begin recovery operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019.

A pillow that was blown outside a service member's room lies on the ground while civil engineers from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, begin recovery operations at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019. (Brigitte N. Brantley/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Schell, a U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element technician for the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, clears debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019.

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Ryan Schell, a U.S. Central Command Materiel Recovery Element technician for the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, clears debris inside the passenger terminal the day after a Taliban attack at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019. (Brandon Cribelar/U.S. Air Force)

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron dispose of debris into a dump truck the day after a Taliban attack on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019.

U.S. Air Force airmen from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron dispose of debris into a dump truck the day after a Taliban attack on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2019. (Brandon Cribelar/U.S. Air Force)

A civil engineer from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, puts a round in the chamber of his pistol after hearing small arms fire at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019.

A civil engineer from the 405th Expeditionary Support Squadron, 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, puts a round in the chamber of his pistol after hearing small arms fire at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 11, 2019. (Brigitte N. Brantley/U.S. Air Force)

KABUL, Afghanistan — A pair of Taliban bombs detonated by suicide attackers at a nearby hospital shattered windows and damaged buildings at Bagram Airfield, spurring cleanup efforts after Wednesday’s failed attempt by the insurgents to breach the base.

Pictures released by the Air Force on Thursday showed airmen walking through dust and debris as they repaired parts of the passenger terminal, one of the base’s busiest locations. Airmen cleared away broken metal and ceiling tiles during cleanup operations elsewhere on base Wednesday and Thursday.

The attack began at 6 a.m. Wednesday, when Taliban suicide bombers blasted the under-construction hospital in a bid to storm the base. The blasts destroyed several houses outside the base and left at least two Afghan civilians dead and 80 injured, Afghan officials said.

The hospital, which was being rebuilt for use by locals, is on the boundary line of the base and has a gate leading into it, said Mohammad Mahfooz Alizada, Parwan’s police chief.

Sporadic shooting continued throughout the day as some armed fighters hid within the medical facility, leading one engineer to pause and chamber a round in his pistol upon hearing nearby gunfire, the caption of an Air Force photo said.

Five service members from the nation of Georgia received minor injuries during the assault, the Georgian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

The insurgents never entered the base, and the daylong fight ended with a series of U.S. airstrikes killing the holdout attackers, NATO officials said.

Orange flames amid billowing smoke filled the skyline Wednesday evening as the clash drew to a close.

Zubair Babakarkhail contributed to this report.

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