BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: Again, there has been an exchange of gunfire apparently at the air base in Kandahar. Martin Savidge was there, we talked to him about 15 minutes ago. Want to go to the Pentagon right now, and Barbara Starr, and see what we are gathering there from the Pentagon's perspective -- Barbara, what have you learned?</s>BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Just a quick update, Bill. Pentagon officials now tell us this incidents is essentially over. Seven people were detained or captured by U.S. forces at the air base, three apparently escaped by vehicle. This was another one of these incidents of "probing fire" by people outside the airfield. Officials tell us that the air field is secure, it was not penetrated, this was essentially small arms fire coming into the airfield from outside the perimeter, as we reported earlier. The military launched patrols, it launched Apache aircraft to go look and find out the source of the fire, and in doing so, they apparently located it. Again, they detained seven people, three escaped, but they report that the airfield at Kandahar was not penetrated. Everything is secure now, and operations are returning to normal.</s>HEMMER: All right, Barbara, thanks for the update. Barbara Starr at the Pentagon. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
Gunfire at Kandahar Airport, Seven Detained