Rocket attack on US base
About a dozen rockets were fired at the main US base in eastern Afghanistan last night, but caused no casualties, officials said.
The rockets smashed into fields near Khost airport, about 90 miles south of Kabul, said Hayatullah Taniwal, a spokesman for the provincial governor.
“So many rockets have never been fired at the airport before,” Taniwal said.
He said the fire came from mountains to the south of the city.
“This was done by remnants of al-Qaida because that area is close to the Pakistani border,” Taniwal said.
Rockets are regularly fired at US bases around the country. The projectiles, sometimes just propped on a rock and launched with a crude timer, rarely hit the target.
Khost airport is home to more than 500 US and allied troops, as well as American warplanes, making it the third-largest coalition base in the country.
