ABC: Four people were killed and 17 others were injured in a deadly Taliban suicide bomb attack inside Bagram Airfield, the large U.S. military base in Afghanistan.
“I am deeply saddened to learn that an explosion early this morning at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan has resulted in U.S. casualties,” said Defense Secretary Ash Carter in a statement today.
“An apparent suicide bomber has taken the lives of two U.S. servicemembers and two U.S. contractors working on the base,” said Carter. “The explosion wounded 16 other U.S. servicemembers and one Polish soldier participating in our NATO mission.”
He added: “I want to express my sincere condolences to the families of the fallen, and I want to reassure the loved ones of those injured that they are getting the best possible care.”
A U.S. official said the attack occurred inside the base and the attacker wore a suicide vest. The blast occurred as the military personnel were moving between morning physical exercises and a dining hall, according to the official.
The official also said that one thing being looked at is whether the bomber was someone who worked at the base or whether the bomber infiltrated security at the base. MORE
I hope this did not disrupt Obama’s golf game or up coming European vaca in any way
what is the purpose in remaining in the worlds largest gravel pit? (Afghanistan, not Texas)
Good question Charlie WalksonWater.
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Get our people out of there! Fuck them, let them kill each other. Who gives a fuck. Bring our troops home.
They know we’ll be getting a Commander in Chief soon. And they won’t get any red-carpet treatment from Trump like they do with the moslem 0bama.
Bagram is where my son was stationed and also returned to do some contract work there. He said they saw moslems raping goats all the time when they were on patrols there. It’s probably where the word “shithole” originated.
Damn buzz killers.
Four young men killed for what? This is disgusting and a tragic loss.