Suicide bombers attack U.S. base in Afghanistan

By: American Decency Staff

 

Suicide attackers detonated bombs and fired rockets outside a major U.S. base inAfghanistan on Sunday, killing five people in a brazen operation that highlighted the country's security challenges ahead of the 2014 NATO combat troop pullout.

Local police officials said bodies in Afghan police and military uniforms were scattered around the entrance of the airfield in the eastern city of Jalalabad after a two-hour battle. A Taliban spokesman said the militant group had launched the 6 a.m. assault.

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