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Americans killed in explosion at U.S. base in Afghanistan
« on: November 12, 2016, 07:27:24 pm »
 November 12, 2016, 8:53 AM
Americans killed in explosion at U.S. base in Afghanistan



Last Updated Nov 12, 2016 11:12 AM EST

KABUL, Afghanistan -- An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday killed Americans, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said.

Carter said in a statement that two U.S. service members and two U.S. contractors working at Bagram Air Field were killed by “an apparent suicide bomber.”

The explosion wounded 16 other U.S. service members and one Polish soldier at the base, Carter said.

The incident was being investigated, he said.

“For those who carried out this attack, my message is simple,” Carter said. “We will not be deterred in our mission to protect our homeland and help Afghanistan secure its own future.”

An earlier statement from NATO’s Resolute Support mission said the blast happened around 5.30 a.m. and that “force protection and medical teams are responding to the situation.”

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which they said was carried out by a suicide bomber inside the base. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the insurgent group, said the attack had been planned for four months.

The Taliban regularly fire rockets at Bagram from outside its perimeter.

Laborers employed at the base line up at the gates around dawn, said Abdul Wahid Sediqqi, spokesman for the governor of Parwan province, where the air field is based, adding that an attacker could have been among the men entering the base Saturday.


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Re: Americans killed in explosion at U.S. base in Afghanistan
« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2016, 07:40:08 pm »

Too bad that we have only used half-measures versus muslim terrorist forces, for over 15 years.

Had we soundly defeated them from the outset, we would not still have these situations.

Our refusal to kill tens/hundreds of thousands of local civilians, as we did in WWII, is part of the problem which turns wars into permanent low-level conflicts.



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Re: Americans killed in explosion at U.S. base in Afghanistan
« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2016, 07:40:53 pm »
Hopefully President Trump will get us out of there.