Attack On Coalition Base In Khost Thwarted -- Stars And Stripes
Insurgents rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a base in eastern Afghanistan on Friday, kicking off a gunbattle in which 14 attackers were killed, U.S. military officials said. No Afghan or U.S. troops were killed, though both U.S. and Afghan troops suffered minor injuries.
The vehicle attacked the perimeter of a base in Khost province and after it exploded, insurgents, some wearing suicide vests, continued the attack but were repelled by U.S. and Afghan troops, said Maj. Paul Haverstick, a spokesman for the International Security Assistance Force’s Regional Command-East. At least one of the attackers detonated his vest.
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