. ♪ al jazeera has gained exclusive access to taliban fighters in afghanistan's logar providence andeporter was embedded with a group of self proclaimed taliban fighters as they attacked an afghan garison and it's a rare sight in the security challenge facing afghanistan when forces scaled back earlier this year and we will talk to him in a couple of minutes but first let's watch an extract from his exclusive report. >> i'm taking to meet two of their commanders. it's obvious they are planning something big. then they get the signal. the fact that there will be suicide bombers is a surprise. they had not told me about that before. and then suddenly the fighting begins. the taliban's heavy machine guns are ready. [gunfire] these taliban have little or no formal military training. and ana fight back. [gunfire] things are not going to plan. their machine gun still isn't working. they leave the gunner to fix it while they go to support their attack from another side. to allow the rest of the taliban to enter the base, three suicide bombers have been sent to blowup the main gate. but they

jazeera's fault line and danish journalist carsa were embedded with taliban fighters in an operation in logar province. >> sitting at the back of a motor bike, driven by a taliban earlier this evening, we heard the sound of the drones quite nervous. they have taken us to a safe house where a number of taliban fighters are checking their weapons. >> for the several days that i am with the taliban, they only tell me to stop. but i am acutely aware i wouldn't have been allowed here? >> we always had a certain media savvy, the way they used the media to establish their point of view and get their case across, they should. we certainly do. they have always been actually failure sophisticated in communications and i think allowing cameras in and doing interviews like this is another example. >> the commander is a 23-year-old man called misan, a veteran of numerous claims beens the government and nato troops. at the moment, we are just sitting and waiting here. i am not allowed to go beyond. the atmosphere is a little bit tense. people there are preparing themselves. they are changing all the time.

. >> it's just after dawn at an afghan army base in logar province 40 miles from kabul and the taliban about to attack. the taliban has little military training. they fight on instinct. the afternoona figh afternoon -t back. in this latest operation, suicide bombers are cents forward. -- sent forward. the plan say the fighters is to blow open the gates and allow the other fighters to stream in. but things are not going to plan. the fighting continues for more than 90 minutes. to the camera the taliban claim they're more successful than the evidence suggests. once the taliban get word the afghan national army has called in backup in terms of tanks the commander orders his men back including the suicide bombers. when they see fighters circling in the air the taliban don't seem too worried. reporter is worried and takes cover. >> i just saw two fighter jets in the air flying maybe low, possibly targeting us. i'm scared as hell. >> the plane's unable it seems to get a definitely target, move on. the taliban blend again with the local population. >> i'm sure that there are indigenous afghan

and danish journalist were embedded with self proclaimed taliban fighters during an opposition in logar province. >> i'm sitting at the back of a motor bike driven by a taliban soldier. this evening we heard the sound of the drones. to be honest i feel quite nervous. they take me to a safe house where a number of taliban fighters are checking their weapons. for several days i'm with the taliban, they only tell me to stop filming once. but i'm acutely aware i would not have been allowed her to film them unless they wanted the world to see what they showed me. >> the leaders always had a certain media savvy and used the media to establish their point of view and get their point across, they should. we certainly do. >> they have always been actually fairly sophisticated in use of communications and i think that allowing cameras in and doing interviews like this is just another example. >> reporter: their commander is a 23-year-old man called misan, a veteran he claims of numerous battles against both the government and nato troops. >> translator: . >> reporter: at the moment we are sitting