U.S. base attacked Suicide Bombing, 3 Killed

KABUL, KOMPAS.com - A suicide car bomb attack by suspected Taliban militants on a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday (26/12/2012), killing three Afghans and wounding seven others.

Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Afghan Sediqqi said the attack occurred near the entrance of Frontier Operating Base Chapman in Khost, Taliban territory near the Pakistan border.

"Three Afghans were killed and more wounded Afghans tujug. Far we have not received reports of casualties from coalition forces," said a spokesman for International Assistance Force (ISAF), Major Martin O'Donnell.
Khost provincial police chief Abdul Qayoum Baqizai in a television interview said that a bomb blast occurred at the eastern base.
"A police officer who tried to inspect the vehicle and two civilians were killed," said Baqizai.
The explosion was so loud that the windows rattled buildings which is about four kilometers from the explosion site. Similarly, an AFP journalist reported.
Meanwhile, the Taliban claimed a suicide car bomb attack was indeed carried out one of its fighters.
"The attack was carried out a fighter named Omar of Khost were very understanding of the region," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed told AFP via email.
Zabihullah added Omar detonated his car bomb when the U.S. occupation forces were checking visitors who will enter the military base.
Base Chapman in December 2009 also experienced a suicide bombing. At that time, an explosion killed seven CIA employees and a citizen liaison Jordan. The attack was the deadliest attack against members of U.S. intelligence since 1983.
In August 2010, 24 members of the Taliban, some of them uniformed U.S. soldiers-were killed after trying to invade a base Chapman and other base camp Salerno, who was also the target of a truck bomb in June 2010.
Khost is the most violent part of Afghanistan. Territory Khost borders Pakistan made a source of supply of fighters, funds and weapons for the Taliban.

  Sources: http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2012/12/26/14593763/