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| Attack on base in Afghanistan leaves at least one member of U.S.-led coalition forces dead | |
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| ZABUL, Afghanistan — A complex attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan Monday killed at least one member of the U.S.-led coalition forces. | ZABUL, Afghanistan — A complex attack on a military base in southern Afghanistan Monday killed at least one member of the U.S.-led coalition forces. |
| The attack, which included a car bomb and several suicide bombers and gunmen wearing western military uniforms, occurred in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, one of the most hard-fought swaths of southern Afghanistan. It comes two days after an attack on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul that killed 21 civilians, including 13 foreigners. | The attack, which included a car bomb and several suicide bombers and gunmen wearing western military uniforms, occurred in the Zhari district of Kandahar province, one of the most hard-fought swaths of southern Afghanistan. It comes two days after an attack on a Lebanese restaurant in Kabul that killed 21 civilians, including 13 foreigners. |
| Insurgents on Monday chose another ambitious target — one of the last remaining forward operating bases in Kandahar — and devoted significant resources to the assault. In an exchange of gunfire, all of the attackers were killed, officials said. | Insurgents on Monday chose another ambitious target — one of the last remaining forward operating bases in Kandahar — and devoted significant resources to the assault. In an exchange of gunfire, all of the attackers were killed, officials said. |
| “This was a complex attack with a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, enemy forces with suicide vests and small arms fire,” according to a statement from the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). “Operational reports state there was moderate damage to the outer perimeter of the base.” | “This was a complex attack with a suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device, enemy forces with suicide vests and small arms fire,” according to a statement from the U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). “Operational reports state there was moderate damage to the outer perimeter of the base.” |
| Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the Kandahar governor, said nine attackers were involved. | Javed Faisal, a spokesman for the Kandahar governor, said nine attackers were involved. |
| “Insurgents wanted to storm an ISAF base in Zhari, but they failed,” he said, adding that the men tried to disguise themselves in coalition military uniforms. | “Insurgents wanted to storm an ISAF base in Zhari, but they failed,” he said, adding that the men tried to disguise themselves in coalition military uniforms. |
| The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it a “coordinated group martyrdom assault” in a tweet. | The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it a “coordinated group martyrdom assault” in a tweet. |