NATO: Blast reported near U.S. base in Kabul

[maddezmom]

Source: msnbc

NATO: Blast reported near U.S. base in Kabul
Police official says strike was by suicide car bomber

updated 7:47 a.m. ET Jan. 26, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan - An explosion has hit near a U.S. military base in Afghanistan's capital, NATO officials said.

A spokesman for the international force, Lt. Nico Melendez, said the blast occurred in the vicinity of Camp Phoenix. He said no injuries were yet reported but did not have further details.

The head of Kabul's criminal investigations unit said it was a strike by a suicide car bomber, but Abdul Ghafar Sayedzada said he did not know what the target was or if the blast had inflicted any casualties.



Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35075953/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

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Suicide bomber hits Afghan capital Kabul-source
Tue Jan 26, 2010 12:55pm GMT

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up in the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, causing civilian and foreign military casualties, a security source said.
"It was a suicide attack on foreign troops. There are casualties among Afghan civilians and foreign forces," the source said, adding the attack happened on a road leading eastwards from the city centre close to several foreign military bases.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE60P30Z20100126

[hardtravelin]

1. I just watched the mushroom cloud...

That was a big explosion that shook the ground where we are. I'm a few miles from Camp Phoenix.

[dgibby]

3. Stay safe and take care of yourself. n/t

[bemildred]

4. Travel home soon. nt

[maddezmom]

6. stay safe

I'm sure you guys expected these type of incidents close to the election but I'm sure it's unnerving at the same time.

[maddezmom]

2. Car bomb wounds 6 near US base in Afghan capital

KABUL — A Taliban suicide car bomber struck near a military base in Afghanistan's capital Tuesday, wounding at least six people, Afghan and NATO officials said.

The militant group claimed responsibility for the attack in a text message to The Associated Press from a phone number commonly used by the insurgent group. The target was an international military convoy, the extremist group said.

An AP reporter at the scene saw the wreckage of a vehicle from afar. U.S. soldiers had blocked off access to the site right outside Camp Phoenix, an American base inside Kabul.

The attacker was driving a minibus laden with explosives that wounded at least six Afghan civilians when it went off, said Jamil Jumbish, the head of Afghanistan's criminal investigation unit. Jumbish said he had no reports of deaths but added that he did not know if there were any casualties among NATO forces.

more: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/6835500.html

[maddezmom]

5. 14 wounded, including eight Americans

14 wounded, including eight Americans
January 26, 2010 11:26 EST


KABUL (AP) -- Officials now say 14 people have been wounded, including eight Americans, in a suicide car bomb attack on a U.S. base in the Afghan capital.

It's the latest attack to hit Kabul, coming just over a week after a team of Taliban gunmen and suicide bombers carried out an assault that paralyzed the city and left 12 people dead.

And it came just hours after gunmen killed four policemen in southern Afghanistan.

There have been fears that militants in Afghanistan would try to stage attacks there ahead of an interational conference on Afghanistan to be held Thursday in London.


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