Truck bomb strikes Afghan NATO base
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August 8, 2012, Wednesday
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A TRUCK bomb rammed into the gate of a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan, wounding several people yesterday, while a roadside explosion killed nine civilians riding on a bus near the Afghan capital Kabul.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for yesterday's mid-morning blast at an international coalition base in Logar Province, southeast of Kabul.
A suicide attacker drove the explosives-laden pickup truck into a gate at the NATO base near Logar's capital of Pul-i-Alam, provincial police chief Ghulam Sakhi Roogh Lawanay said.
At least 11 civilians were wounded, but no deaths were reported, he said. There was no confirmation of any casualties among international troops.
The truck belonged to a local contractor who was authorized to work on the base, and the explosives were hidden under a load of gravel, Lawanay said. He added that the truck was able to enter an outer gate of the base before the driver slammed the vehicle into a second gate.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that insurgents had launched the assault, which he claimed killed several foreign troops.
Earlier in the morning, a remote-controlled roadside bomb struck a bus travelling northwest of Kabul, killing at least nine passengers, police said. The militant who set off the device was spotted running away from the scene and was captured by local villagers.
At least three other people were wounded in the blast, which went off at around 7am.
"The person who pushed the button on the remote-controlled bomb was captured by villagers who saw him running," Abdul Razaq, a police official, said.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for yesterday's mid-morning blast at an international coalition base in Logar Province, southeast of Kabul.
A suicide attacker drove the explosives-laden pickup truck into a gate at the NATO base near Logar's capital of Pul-i-Alam, provincial police chief Ghulam Sakhi Roogh Lawanay said.
At least 11 civilians were wounded, but no deaths were reported, he said. There was no confirmation of any casualties among international troops.
The truck belonged to a local contractor who was authorized to work on the base, and the explosives were hidden under a load of gravel, Lawanay said. He added that the truck was able to enter an outer gate of the base before the driver slammed the vehicle into a second gate.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said in a statement that insurgents had launched the assault, which he claimed killed several foreign troops.
Earlier in the morning, a remote-controlled roadside bomb struck a bus travelling northwest of Kabul, killing at least nine passengers, police said. The militant who set off the device was spotted running away from the scene and was captured by local villagers.
At least three other people were wounded in the blast, which went off at around 7am.
"The person who pushed the button on the remote-controlled bomb was captured by villagers who saw him running," Abdul Razaq, a police official, said.
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