Suicide bomb attack on Afghan NATO base: 7 killed, 13 injured

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Published time: June 01, 2012 11:10
Edited time: June 01, 2012 20:18

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A suicide attacker rammed a truck packed with explosives into a checkpoint at a NATO base outside Khost in eastern Afghanistan, killing up to seven Afghans in the east of the country, a security official said.

“The attacker drove his truck full of explosives into the first security check post of the NATO base. Initial information shows that seven Afghans have been killed and 13 others injured,” AFP quotes the anonymous official as saying.

It is reported the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

Just a month ago the Afghan capital Kabul was hit by at least five explosions, resulting in the deaths of at least seven people. The attacks, claimed by the Taliban, took place following surprise visit by the US president just hours after his plane took off. The Taliban later confirmed that the bombing attacks were their response to Obama’s visit.

In mid-April insurgents launched coordinated attacks on the diplomatic area and NATO headquarters in the capital Kabul, also targeting adjoining provinces. A total of 36 insurgents were killed before the assault was overcome by heavy gunfire by forces supported by US-led coalition helicopters after an 18-hours-long battle. The attacks also claimed the lives of eight policemen and three civilians. Some 74 were wounded.

On March 29, an attack on NATO forces in Afghanistan left more than 30 people dead, including 14 militants, five Afghan security guards and a soldier. They ambushed a supply convoy of the NATO-led coalition in a mountainous area in the west of the country. The ensuing firefight lasted for three hours, according to local officials.

Smoke rises from the site of a rebel attack on a foreign military base in the eastern city of Khost (REUTERS/Stringer)

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USA (unregistered) 02.06.2012 07:09

all ears (unregistered) wrote in #14
NATO is there not because of poppy but minerals and uranium and there is oil in a small part of the country. There is copper being mined with 70,000 Afghans working run by a Chinese company for one. It seems some of RT readers are not well informed and must be high when reading. !!!God! What a moron you are. NATO is there because it is bent on digging its own grave, to the tune of trillions of $ I may adddddddddd!!!

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USA (unregistered) 02.06.2012 07:04

Otto von Bulow (unregistered) wrote in #12
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So North Atlantic Terrorist Organization aka NATO got their collective rear end kicked again.
Good! US All iance-imposed Iraqi Holocaust and Iraqi Genocide as of December 2010 was associated with post-1990 and post-2003 violent and non-violent avoidable deaths totaling 4.6 million and 2.7 million, respectively, and refugees totaling 5-6 million ! http://sites.go ogle.com/site/iraqih olocaustiraqigenocid e/ 17-Year-Old G irl Included on Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Obama’s Secret ‘Kill List’.
http ://www.infowars.com/ 17-year-old-girl-inc luded-on-obamas-secr et-kill-list/ Ful l Text of Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011 http://www.v oltairenet.org/Full- Text-of-Human-Rights -Record ! !!North Atlantic Terrorist Organization aka NATO?ha ha ha good one! :)

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USA (unregistered) 02.06.2012 06:59

all ears (unregistered) wrote in #13
Otto von Bulow (unregistered) wrote in #12
he he he
So North Atlantic Terrorist Organization aka NATO got their collective rear end kicked again.
Good!This Otto is full of rubbish. He apparently cannot understand english. It said Afghans were killed and not NATO soldiers. He must have been drunk when writing. !!!!!
Nope, Otto is correct! Those were the puppets of NATO's Pigs, same thing. What is wrong with you?

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