KABUL – At least five people, including four civilians, died and another four were wounded in a suicide attack on Friday against a NATO convoy in the Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, an official told Efe.
A Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a police vehicle with explosive cargo into a convoy of international troops in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, according to police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal.
The attack was in the vicinity of the main NATO airbase, while the wounded rushed to the hospital.
“We can confirm a suicide attack targeted Resolute Support Forces today in Jalalabad,” NATO spokesman in Kabul Sharon Mulholland stated.
“According to reports from local police, the attack killed and injured several Afghans from the local community. This is another example of the Taliban disregarding the wellbeing of innocent Afghans and killing them through their indiscriminate attacks,” the spokesman added.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the occupants of the two NATO vehicles have died, according to Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid’s Twitter account.
The terrorist outfit added that Afghan security forces responsible for monitoring the airbase had also suffered casualties.
This is the second attack on NATO forces in Nangarhar this week, as an attack on Wednesday claimed the lives of an American and an Afghan soldier.
The end of 2014 saw the termination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, making way for Operation Resolute Support, under which NATO maintains around 4,000 soldiers to train Afghan security forces.
The United States has about 9,800 troops in Afghanistan under its anti-terrorism combat mission, where they will remain until the end of the year, while Washington is re-evaluating its withdrawal timeframe.
A Taliban suicide car bomber rammed a police vehicle with explosive cargo into a convoy of international troops in the provincial capital of Jalalabad, according to police spokesman Hazrat Hussain Mashriqiwal.
The attack was in the vicinity of the main NATO airbase, while the wounded rushed to the hospital.
“We can confirm a suicide attack targeted Resolute Support Forces today in Jalalabad,” NATO spokesman in Kabul Sharon Mulholland stated.
“According to reports from local police, the attack killed and injured several Afghans from the local community. This is another example of the Taliban disregarding the wellbeing of innocent Afghans and killing them through their indiscriminate attacks,” the spokesman added.
The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack and said that the occupants of the two NATO vehicles have died, according to Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid’s Twitter account.
The terrorist outfit added that Afghan security forces responsible for monitoring the airbase had also suffered casualties.
This is the second attack on NATO forces in Nangarhar this week, as an attack on Wednesday claimed the lives of an American and an Afghan soldier.
The end of 2014 saw the termination of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s International Security Assistance Force mission in Afghanistan, making way for Operation Resolute Support, under which NATO maintains around 4,000 soldiers to train Afghan security forces.
The United States has about 9,800 troops in Afghanistan under its anti-terrorism combat mission, where they will remain until the end of the year, while Washington is re-evaluating its withdrawal timeframe.
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