.5 US soldiers injured in suicide attack on Afghanistan base near border with Pakistan
MACON, Georgia (AP) - Five U.S. soldiers have been injured, one seriously, in an attack by a suicide bomber on a U.S. military base in east Afghanistan near the Pakistani border.
Lt. Col. Kenneth Baldowski, spokesman for the Georgia-based 48th Brigade of the Army National Guard unit, confirmed the soldiers were injured though he would not identify the soldiers.
The attack occurred about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of the Taliban town of Marjah in southern Afghanistan which is under siege by U.S. and Afghan troops.
Taliban forces claimed responsibility Friday for the attack. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the attack Thursday night in eastern Afghanistan was conducted by an insurgent wearing the uniform of a border policeman.
Todayonline
Lt. Col. Kenneth Baldowski, spokesman for the Georgia-based 48th Brigade of the Army National Guard unit, confirmed the soldiers were injured though he would not identify the soldiers.
The attack occurred about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of the Taliban town of Marjah in southern Afghanistan which is under siege by U.S. and Afghan troops.
Taliban forces claimed responsibility Friday for the attack. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said the attack Thursday night in eastern Afghanistan was conducted by an insurgent wearing the uniform of a border policeman.
Todayonline
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