An explosion has hit the largest US military base in Afghanistan, killing and wounding several people, a local official says. No one has yet claimed responsibility, as NATO confirms an unspecified number of casualties.
A deadly explosion hit Bagram Airfield, the largest and main US military airbase in Afghanistan's central Parwan province, on Saturday, local authorities said. The suspected attack struck just after 5:30 a.m. (0100 GMT).
Abdul Shokor Qodosi, the district governor of Bagram, told the Reuters news agency that at least three people were killed and 13 injured in the blast, which he said occurred near a dining facility.
NATO has released scant details. "There have been casualties," Resolute Support said in a statement, adding that "force protection and medical teams are responding to the situation."
"Our Force Protection and medical teams are responding to the situation," the NATO statement added, without offering any other details. Bagram Airfield, which lies about 58 kilometers (36 miles) north of the capital, Kabul, has frequently come under attack by Taliban insurgents. A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide attacker killed six US soldiers near the same US military base last December in one of the deadliest attacks on foreign soldiers that year.
Nearly 10,000 US troops are stationed in Afghanistan, assisting Afghan security forces under the Train, Advise and Assist (TAA) mission. Four people were killed and 128 others were wounded Thursday when a suicide bomber drove a lorry loaded with explosives into the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif.
A deadly explosion hit Bagram Airfield, the largest and main US military airbase in Afghanistan's central Parwan province, on Saturday, local authorities said. The suspected attack struck just after 5:30 a.m. (0100 GMT).
Abdul Shokor Qodosi, the district governor of Bagram, told the Reuters news agency that at least three people were killed and 13 injured in the blast, which he said occurred near a dining facility.
NATO has released scant details. "There have been casualties," Resolute Support said in a statement, adding that "force protection and medical teams are responding to the situation."
"Our Force Protection and medical teams are responding to the situation," the NATO statement added, without offering any other details. Bagram Airfield, which lies about 58 kilometers (36 miles) north of the capital, Kabul, has frequently come under attack by Taliban insurgents. A motorcycle-riding Taliban suicide attacker killed six US soldiers near the same US military base last December in one of the deadliest attacks on foreign soldiers that year.
Nearly 10,000 US troops are stationed in Afghanistan, assisting Afghan security forces under the Train, Advise and Assist (TAA) mission. Four people were killed and 128 others were wounded Thursday when a suicide bomber drove a lorry loaded with explosives into the German consulate in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif.
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