Two rockets have hit the main international military base in southern Afghanistan, wounding 10 people, including two Canadian soldiers. Two rockets hit base at the airport in the town of Kandahar on Friday evening. The Taliban occasionally fires rockets into the sprawling base, home to 7,000 soldiers and civilian workers, but they usually explode harmlessly on open ground. Friday's attack was the first time anyone had been hurt.| In five years? Damn, they're bad! |
The Taliban commander for southern Afghanistan, Mullah Dadullah, claimed responsibility. "We fired several rockets at the air base and they hit their target," said Dadullah, speaking by telephone from an undisclosed location