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  • Taliban suicide attack on Nato base wounds 50 US soldiers

    09/10/2011 11:28:53 PM PDT · by Cardhu · 82 replies
    Dawn ^ | September 10th 2011 | Staff/AFP
    A suicide attack at a Nato base in central Afghanistan injured 89 people, including 50 American soldiers. JALALABAD: A suicide bomber driving a truck attacked an advance Nato combat post in central Afghanistan, wounding 89 people including 50 American soldiers, the United States Army said Sunday. The Taliban claimed responsibility on their Internet site for Saturday’s attack, news of which came as the world marked the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in the United States. US Army spokesman Major David Eastburn said: “It happened at 5:15 pm on Saturday. “It detonated near the entry...