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45 Soldiers Injured in Suicide Attack on Paktiya Military Base
 [Tolo] A suicide car boomer detonated his explosives at an Afghan and NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... military compound in eastern Paktiya province on Wednesday morning, injuring 45, local officials said. The attack took place about 7:30 AM local time in Paktiya's Zermat district, when a jacket wallah in a car went kaboom!" inside the compound, provincial police chief Zulmai Oriakhil told TOLOnews. "All the casualties are Afghan soldiers," he said. The Taliban grabbed credit for the attack saying that several of their fighters had attacked the compound started festivities with Afghan forces. But the provincial police rejected the Taliban claim of clash with security forces. "There were not any festivities between Taliban and Afghan soldiers in the compound," he said. He added that there were no NATO troops casualties in the attack. Mainly US soldiers are based at the compound. It comes after a suicide kaboom on the Afghan intelligence service's office in Kandahar on Saturday. The National Directorate of Security (NDS) office in Maluf district was attacked by a bomber with a boom jacket, killing two Americans and four Afghan intelligence staff, local officials said. NDS deputy front man Shafiqullah Taheri in Tuesday dismissed claims the attack was done by a member of the agency. Media reports have quoted Afghan and Isaf officials saying it was an NDS staffer. "It was a suicide kaboom that was carried out by one of our own staff," a senior member of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) told AFP on condition of anonymity. The Isaf also said the attack was by an Afghan agent. "I can confirm that one of the members of the NDS detonated a boom jacket that day in Maruf, Kandahar," Major Adam Wojack, an Isaf front man, told AFP. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-18 |
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