Bomb Attack Hits Secretive US Base In Afghanistan As Mattis Makes Surprise Visit To Kabul
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by Tyler Durden
Apr 24, 2017 8:41 AM
Taliban insurgents attacked a U.S.-operated base in Afghanistan's eastern province of Khost on Monday officials said cited by Reuters, giving few immediate details of an assault that coincided with a surprise visit to Kabul by U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis. The attackers detonated a car bomb at an entrance to Camp Chapman, a secretive facility manned by U.S. forces and private military contractors, said Mubarez Mohammad Zadran, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
"I am aware of a car bomb attack at one of the gates in the U.S. base, but we are not allowed there to get more details," Zadran said. A spokesman for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Capt. William Salvin, confirmed the car bomb attack. He said there appeared to be a number of Afghan casualties but none among U.S. or coalition personnel at the base.
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