Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Bagram Air Attack

Latest News Updates About Bagram,Fox News, Cnn, Real Clear Politics,Politico: Seven Taliban militants were killed and five NATO troops injured during a pre-dawn assault Wednesday by the insurgents on the sprawling and heavily-fortified Bagram air base in Afghanistan, about 30 miles north of capital Kabul.

The insurgents attacked the largest American installation in Afghanistan with rockets, small arms and grenades.

A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the assault, saying 20 suicide attackers stormed the base around 4am (1130 GMT), with four of them detonating their explosives at the entrances to facilitate the entry of their colleagues. He said that a "major firefight" was going on inside the base.

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