Rockets hit U.S. air base in Afghanistan; no casualties

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World News
April 9, 2020
Rockets hit U.S. air base in Afghanistan; no casualties

KABUL (Reuters) - Five rockets hit a U.S. air base in Afghanistan on Thursday, but there were no casualties, two senior security officials said, and no militant group immediately claimed responsibility.

The attack comes as the Afghan government has launched the release of Taliban prisoners from a jail near the Bagram base, as part of a confidence-building step in a U.S.-Taliban peace deal aimed at ending about two decades of war in Afghanistan.

“Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning,” the NATO-led mission, Resolute Support, said on Twitter. “There were no casualties or injuries.”

Read more at: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-attack/rockets-hit-u-s-air-base-in-afghanistan-no-casualties-idUSKCN21R0TL

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