Four killed in Bagram attack
According to BBC, a suicide bomber detonated himself in a queue of local nationals reporting for work at Bagram Air Base near the capital city of Kabul in Afghanistan;
At least 14 others were wounded in the blast, carried out near a dining facility. The Taliban said one of their fighters carried out the attack.
The attack is a major security breach in one of the best protected places in Afghanistan.
Bagram has been targeted by militants in the past but this is the first time a bomb has exploded inside the base.
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Abdul Wahid Sediqi told AFP: “We don’t know the identity of victims yet but the attacker was one of the Afghan labourers working there.”
Bagram was one of the safest places in Afghanistan until US presence there was reduced to a few thousand and their security now depends on coalition troops.
Category: Terror War
That is fucked up.
In other news, hey everyone! We still have troops in Afghanistan! Remember? One of those things Barry said he’d do was bring the troops home? Oh, wait, he kept extending them.
Is just being there in an advisory role effective?
In thirty years there will be a politician that will vividly recall being sent to Kabul in December 2016 by President Trump. I would even say that it was seared in his memory.
I’m at KAF right now. Security is crazy since this morning…everyone is pretty shocked.
Stay safe. I’m sure shocked is an understatement.
Thanks. I’m outta here next week. Can’t come quick enough…
Who runs that ECP now? Contractors?
I have always flown into BAF but it was my understanding that it is a mix of Ugandan contractors and/or Georgian troops that run the towers and ECPs there.
Shit! Where is the Bagram Batman when you need him?
Seriously, this sucks. Prayers to the families who lost loved ones today.
I predict the press is going to rediscover Cindy Sheehan after 8 years…
Rest in peace.
This is not a good thing. It will not go away. R.I.P.