Taliban attack on the Kandahar airport was finally over late on Wednesday night after all the terrorists were killed by the Afghan forces. The attack left 50 other people dead, including 38 civilians, the Afghan defence ministry said on Thursday.

Officials said that the dead included 38 civilians, 10 Afghan soldiers, two policemen and 11 terrorists who attacked the compound used as a base by the forces of Afghanistan, United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.  

The sprawling airport, known as Kandahar Air Field, also has a civilian section. 

The terrorists mostly targeted civilian areas and witnesses said they heard Afghan forces 'pleading the terrorists to free women and children'.