KHOST, Afghanistan - A blast in the eastern Afghan city of Khost
on Wednesday wounded three people, and the Taliban said they had sent a
suicide bomber in a vehicle to attack an American military base.
The area's police chief said the explosion took place near a US base,
which is beside a military airport. Hospital officials said three people
were wounded and the number of casualties was expected to rise.
The al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, widely regarded as the United
States' most dangerous foe in Afghanistan, is active in Khost, which is
on the Pakistani border.
Three years ago, an al
Qaeda-linked Jordanian double-agent killed seven CIA employees and a
Jordanian intelligence officer in a suicide bombing at a US base in
Khost.
Afghan authorities are scrambling to improve security across Afghanistan before the US combat mission ends in 2014. —Reuters
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