Suicide bombers attack US base in Afghanistan
Posted on 19 August 2008 by Jack
A team of suicide bombers tried to storm a US military base near the border with Pakistan in a daring insurgent attack on a major American installation, officials said today. Six suicide bombers attacked the base and three detonated their vests when surrounded, Nato officials said.
Afghan officials said at least 13 militants died in the attack, including six suicide bombers. Nato offered a slightly different account, saying three suicide bombers detonated their vests and three more were shot dead. Nato said seven attackers in total were killed.
The militants failed to gain entry to Camp Salerno in Khost city after launching waves of attacks just before midnight on Monday, said Arsallah Jamal, the governor of Khost. The base is just a few miles (kilometers) away from Pakistan’s border.
The attack came one day after a suicide bomber outside the same base killed 10 civilians and wounded 13 others.
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August 19th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Same Day … Around Surobi, 35 miles from the capital.
Ten French soldiers were killed and 21 were wounded in a major clash with the Taliban in Kabul province, just 35 miles from the capital. 13 rebels (including a Pakistani national) were killed in the fighting.
Italian soldiers and Afghan police came under fire while blocking the highway in the area. The Taliban damaged three Afghan National Police truck in an RPG strike = there are no reports of casualties at this time.
… and that’s how the Taliban celebrated Afghan Independence Day
August 19th, 2008 at 4:38 pm
Khost huh?
I knew I remember that name from the 1980’s.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Khost