Afghan official: 5 Americans wounded in suicide attack at US base
By APThursday, February 11, 2010
Afghan: 5 Americans wounded in attack at US base
KABUL — An Afghan official says a suicide attacker wearing a police uniform blew himself up at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, wounding five Americans.
The spokesman for Paktia province, Roullah Samoun, says the attack occurred Thursday night in the Dand aw Patan district near the Pakistan border about 35 miles (70 kilometers) east of Gardez.
A U.S. spokesman, Lt. Col. Todd Vician, says U.S. officials have a report that some Americans were wounded, but he had no further details.
The reported attack occurred about 400 miles (640 kilometers) northeast of a Taliban town under siege by U.S. and Afghan troops in Helmand province.
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