Five rockets fired at US air base in Afghanistan

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                Kabul, A major US air base north of Kabul was targeted in a rocket attack on Saturday but there were no casualties or damage to the airfield, NATO and Afghan officials said.

                  Five rockets were fired at Bagram Airfield in Parwan province at 6:00 am, said Waheeda Shahkar, spokeswoman for the provincial governor.

                  She said 12 rockets were mounted on a vehicle and five of them were fired at the base, while police defused the other seven.

                  A NATO official also confirmed the rocket attack.

                  “Rockets were fired towards Bagram Airfield this morning. Initial reporting is there were no casualties and the airfield was not damaged,” the official said.

                  No group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, and the Taliban denied any involvement.

                  Saturday’s rocket attack targeting the airfield came a day after 15 children were killed when an explosives-laden motorbike blew up near a religious gathering in the eastern province of Ghazni. *APP