The United States finally gave to key to the Bagram Prison back to Afghanistan. This was suppose to be a sign of prosperity in Afghanistan. Well only hours after, four rockets hit Bagram’s airfield destroying a NATO helicopter and killing three Afghan personnel inside. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the attacks. Click below to read more.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Four rockets hit Afghanistan’s Bagram airfield, destroying a helicopter belonging to the NATO-led forces and killing three Afghan personnel inside, a spokesman for the coalition said Tuesday.
The attack, which took place at around 10 p.m. local time on Monday (1:30 p.m. ET Monday), came on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. Security across the capital, Kabul, was intensified.
Two personnel belonging to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), who were also in the helicopter, were wounded, the spokesman said.
The helicopter, which was on a ramp in the airfield when the rockets hit, was destroyed by the ensuing fire, an ISAF official told NBC News.
The Taliban, in a text message to Reuters, claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had fired rockets at the helicopter, which was on a ramp in the airfield.
Meanwhile, in the western province of Herat, a suicide attack on a meeting of village elders killed at least seven people and wounded six others, the local police chief’s office told NBC News.
The United Nations says the Taliban are responsible for 80 percent of civilian casualties in the conflict.
