U.S. Service Member Among 9 Killed In Kabul Attack
Source: Associated Press
Updated 2 hrs 41 mins ago
KABUL, Afghanistan --
One U.S. service member and eight Afghan contractors were killed in an attack on a military base in the Afghan capital.
A number of other NATO service members and foreign contracted civilians were wounded in the Friday night attack, NATO spokesman Col. Brian Tribus said. The Afghans killed were working for NATO's Resolute Support mission on Camp Integrity in Kabul.
The attack on Camp Integrity late Friday and two massive bombings in the city earlier in the day call into question Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's ability to tamp down the violent insurgency that is roiling the country despite his administration's focus on making peace with the Taliban.
Confirmation of the contractors' deaths increased the toll from one of Kabul's worst days of violence to at least 44. Hundreds were wounded in the three attacks.
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