Taliban Fighters Have Increased Rocket And Mortar Attacks On Bagram (And Elsewhere)

"Rocket City," Afghanistan: Army Thinks Outside The Box To Protect Troops At Front-Line Base -- CBS

Bagram Air Field A piercing alarm rang out just after midnight, then "Incoming! Incoming! Incoming!"

The ground trembled with the explosion as the rocket crashed down somewhere inside the sprawling Bagram Airbase. Then came another. The military calls it IDF: indirect fire.

Then came the next warning: "IDF impact. Shelter in place and don IBA (individual body armor) where possible."

We jumped into our boots and made our way to the bunker just outside the barracks. Our embed with the U.S. Army in Afghanistan had barely begun. We'd been warned that in recent weeks Taliban fighters had increased rocket and mortar attacks on Bagram.

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My Comment: The Taliban are sensing that the momentum is now shifting their way .... expect even more rocket and mortar attacks in the months to come.