FOX News: Taliban attack on military base kills at least 65, Afghan officials say
KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan is reeling from a Taliban assault on a military base in the country's east the previous day that killed at least 65 people and wounded dozens more, most of them military personnel, according to security sources.
The attack began when a suicide bomber drove a Humvee into the main building of the NDS, the Afghan intelligence agency, in eastern Maidan Wardak province and detonated his load. The building then collapsed from the explosion, which likely contributed to the high casualty numbers. Officials say there were about 150 military personnel and others at the base at the time. The base that was is located on the outskirts of Maidan Shar, the provincial capital, about 25 miles from Kabul.
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