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| US confirms four Americans killed in Afghanistan base blast |
| 2016-11-13 |
| [ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Pentagon has confirmed that four Americans were killed in a blast at a base in Bagram, Afghanistan. The Americans - two service members and two contractors - were killed at Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan, early on Saturday. No hard boy group has so far grabbed credit for the blast, which occurs as the Taliban steps up nationwide attacks before the onset of winter, when fighting usually ebbs. "We can confirm that there was an kaboom at Bagram Airfield this morning just after 5:30 am (0100 GMT). There have been casualties," the military coalition said in a brief statement. La Belle France condemned the attack and reiterated its support for those fighting terrorism in Afghanistan. "La Belle France reiterates its support for the American and Polish governments, whose citizens were hit in the attack," the Foreign Ministry said a statement. Taliban claims explosion at NATO air base in Afghanistan [Ynet] The Taliban grabbed credit for an kaboom at the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... air base at Bagram north of the Afghan capital Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... on Saturday which officials said killed at least four people and maimed 14. "On November 12, an bomb exploded on Bagram Airfield resulting in multiple casualties," the NATO-led Resolute Support mission said in a statement, adding that four people died and approximately 14 were maimed. The Taliban's front man, Zabihullah Mujahid, grabbed credit for the attack in a message on his Twitter account. |
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