Heavy explosion on US base in Afghanistan
In Afghanistan, at least four people have been killed in an explosion at the US Air Base Bagram in Central Afghanistan. 14 people were injured, the NATO mission "Resolute Support" reported.
In the short news service Twitter, the radical Islamic Taliban claimed the explosion. A spokesman for the Islamists, Sabihullah Mudhahid, said that it had been a suicide attack.
According to media reports, a man who was camouflaged as a worker should gain access to the base and ignite an explosive vest there. The injured would be given medical care and investigated the circumstances of the explosion, the NATO mission, whose mandate is the training and counseling of Afghan security forces.
"There have been casualties," a resounding message from Resulute Support in Kabul says. The explosion occurred in the morning around 5.30 clock local time. Medical teams and additional safety associations are in operation. On the part of the US military, there was no comment on the incident.
Only on Thursday evening Taliban had attacked the German Consul General in Masar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. At least four people died, another 128 were injured. Germans remained intact. As a reason for their attack, the Taliban later brought German support for a US air attack in the province of Kunduz, which killed some 30 civilians at the beginning of November.
In the short news service Twitter, the radical Islamic Taliban claimed the explosion. A spokesman for the Islamists, Sabihullah Mudhahid, said that it had been a suicide attack.
According to media reports, a man who was camouflaged as a worker should gain access to the base and ignite an explosive vest there. The injured would be given medical care and investigated the circumstances of the explosion, the NATO mission, whose mandate is the training and counseling of Afghan security forces.
"There have been casualties," a resounding message from Resulute Support in Kabul says. The explosion occurred in the morning around 5.30 clock local time. Medical teams and additional safety associations are in operation. On the part of the US military, there was no comment on the incident.
The largest base of US troops
Bagram is the largest base for US troops in Afghanistan. There is also the headquarters of the US armed forces. At present there are nearly 10,000 US soldiers in the country.Only on Thursday evening Taliban had attacked the German Consul General in Masar-i-Sharif in northern Afghanistan. At least four people died, another 128 were injured. Germans remained intact. As a reason for their attack, the Taliban later brought German support for a US air attack in the province of Kunduz, which killed some 30 civilians at the beginning of November.
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