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An attack aimed at a US-led coalition base in Afghanistan has killed at least 10 people, officials have said. | |
The dead were reported to be civilians killed when rockets or mortars missed the base and landed on a village in the eastern province of Kunar. | The dead were reported to be civilians killed when rockets or mortars missed the base and landed on a village in the eastern province of Kunar. |
Police said Taleban insurgents carried out the attack, in Chawkai district. | Police said Taleban insurgents carried out the attack, in Chawkai district. |
Earlier, two Afghan soldiers died in a suicide bombing outside the airport in the capital, Kabul. The attack was aimed at Nato troops, officials said. | |
It was not immediately clear who carried out the suicide attack, but one report said the Taleban had claimed responsibility. | |
Several other people were hurt in the blast, at the entrance to the military section of Kabul airport. | |
'No return fire' | |
Meanwhile, Nato forces confirmed that one of their bases had come under attack in Kunar. | |
Spokesman Sgt Dean Welch said the compound had "received 10 rounds in indirect fire". | |
"We did not return any fire," he told AFP news agency. | |
Police official Abdul Sabour Allahyar said the Taleban had "fired several rockets over the base", but they had fallen short and landed on civilian homes. | |
Bloodshed in Afghanistan has returned to levels not seen since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, with parts of the south and east hit particularly hard. | |
Some 4,000 people are believed to have died in 2006 in the insurgency - about a quarter of them civilians. |
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