Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Suicide Bomber Targets Main US Base In Afghanistan

Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch outside the Bagram Airfield entrance gate, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. © Reuters / Omar Sobhani

Reuters: Blast outside main U.S. base in Afghanistan wounds five

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber in Afghanistan detonated explosives on Wednesday outside the United States’ main military base of Bagram in an attack that wounded five people, Afghan and NATO officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

All five wounded in the attack at the southern entrance to the base were Afghans, said Wahida Shahkar, a spokeswoman for the governor of Parwan province, where the base is located.

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More News On Today's Suicide Bomb Attack At Bagram, Afghanistan

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near Bagram Air Base -- AP
Two Blasts Near Main U.S. Base In Afghanistan Wounds Five -- RFE
Suicide bomber hits gate of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan -- Stars and Stripes
Afghan suicide bomber hits medical facility near US airbase -- Al Jazeera
Suicide bomb attack hits outside largest US base in Afghanistan, Bagram -- RT