Four Americans and a Polish soldier killed in Afghanistan blast: Pentagon

Four Americans were killed Saturday in a huge explosion inside the largest US military base in Afghanistan, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter said.


The Americans -- two servicemembers and two contractors -- were killed at Bagram Airfield by "an apparent suicide bomber," Carter said in a statement, adding that the explosion wounded 16 other US servicemembers and a Polish soldier participating in US-led NATO military operations.

Carter said he was "deeply saddened" to learn of the news, and expressed his "sincere condolences" to the families of the fallen.
 [dailystar.com.lb/AFP]
12/11/16
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