Rockets hit NATO airbase north of Kabul, killing 3 Afghan staff
A general view of the prison compound before a ceremony handing over the Bagram prison to Afghan authorities, at the U.S. airbase in Bagram, north of Kabul September 10, 2012. — Reuters picKABUL, Sept 11 — Four rockets hit Afghanistan’s Bagram airfield, destroying a helicopter belonging to the NATO-led forces and killing three Afghan personnel inside, a spokesman for the coalition said today.
The attack, which took place at around 10pm local time yesterday, came on the eve of the 11th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Security across the capital, Kabul, was intensified.
Two personnel belonging to NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), who were also in the helicopter, were wounded, the spokesman said.
The helicopter was on a ramp in the airfield when the rockets hit.
The attack came a day after the United States handed control of the controversial giant Bagram prison and its 3,000 suspected Taliban inmates to Afghan authorities. — Reuters
