By Combined Joint Task Force-101
BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan – Insurgents detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device outside a U.S. base in Khowst province Aug. 18, 2008, killing nine Afghan local nationals and wounding another 13, according to initial reports.
"This bombing is another example of the brutality and the lack of regard the enemy shows to the Afghan people," Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, the U.S. spokesperson for Combined Joint Task Force-101 said. "Our forces are providing the best medical care available to these innocent victims."
The explosion did not penetrate the base's perimeter and Afghan security forces thwarted an additional VBIED outside the base.
U.S. forces assisted in evacuating the wounded to the base hospital and are providing medical care.
Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.