KABUL (AFP): Five rockets were fired at a major U.S. base in Afghanistan on Saturday, but there were no casualties or damages to the airfield, NATO and provincial officials said.
Parwan province spokeswoman Waheeda Shahkar informed that the rockets hit Bagram Airfield, adding that the police had defused another seven rockets mounted on a vehicle used in the attack.
She couldn’t provide other details on any possible casualties or damage within the U.S. base. She said there are no casualties among civilians in the area. Meanwhile, a NATO official also confirmed the assault.
“Rockets were fired towards Bagram Airfield this morning. Initial reporting is there were no casualties and the airfield was not damaged,” the NATO official added. No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban denied any involvement.
Earlier in April, the extremist Daesh group previously claimed responsibility for a similar rocket attack on the base. In recent months, Daesh has claimed several assaults in Kabul, including two deadly rocket attacks that struck residential areas in the capital.
The group also claimed brutal attacks on two separate educational centres in Kabul that killed dozens of people — most of them students. Saturday’s attack came a day after 15 children were killed when an explosives-laden motorbike blew up near a religious gathering in eastern Ghazni province.
