Updated: Guard Tower With Soldiers Hit As SVBIED Strikes U.S. Base In Afghanistan
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A suicide car bomber attacked a government building protected by NATO and Afghan troops in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, collapsing a guard post and wounding three NATO soldiers inside, officials said.
Two Afghan policemen were also wounded in the attack, said district chief Lutfullah Babakarheil.
The attacker rammed the explosives-laden car into the gates of the building in the Yaqoubi district of eastern Khost province, said Khost Gov. Arsallah Jamal.
Babarkeil initially said the building was an American base. But Jamal said it was an Afghan government district building inside compound that also houses a unit of U.S. soldiers.
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dave Accetta, a spokesman for NATO troops in eastern Afghanistan, said three NATO soldiers were wounded when the guard post collapsed. They were evacuated for medical care to the main U.S. military base at Bagram airfield.
Accetta would not disclose the soldiers’ nationalities because of strict rules set by NATO. However, the majority of international forces in Khost province are American.
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March 3rd, 2008 at 7:30 am