London. .- At least nine soldiers, five of the NATO-four Afghans were killed and eight wounded Saturday in a suicide attack on a military base in the town of Jalalabad (eastern Afghanistan), Afghan military officials said the Sky News. The Taliban have already taken responsibility for the attack, which occurred early in the morning local time by a suicide bomber dressed as Afghan soldier, who detonated the explosive charge he was carrying at the entrance to the base, said spokesman Afghan Defense Ministry, Gen.
Mohammad Zahir Azimi British broadcaster Sky News. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) confirmed the deaths of five soldiers, in what is the deadliest attack in months recorded against NATO forces, but did not reveal the nationality of the deceased pending to inform their families.
The military base was built recently and is in a remote area between the towns of Laghman and Nangarhar. The facility houses mainly the body 201 of the Afghan army, but today it was conducting a meeting between Afghan and NATO, at which time the attack took place. Both the deceased and the injured, including four interpreters, have been transferred to a hospital in Jalalabad.
Soon after, the usual spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of the group and stated that the terrorist came from the province of Day Kundi (central Mexico) and had joined a month ago in the ranks Army. "Today, when the encounter took place between soldiers, seized the opportunity to perpetrate the attack," said Mujahid. 
Mohammad Zahir Azimi British broadcaster Sky News. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan (ISAF) confirmed the deaths of five soldiers, in what is the deadliest attack in months recorded against NATO forces, but did not reveal the nationality of the deceased pending to inform their families.
The military base was built recently and is in a remote area between the towns of Laghman and Nangarhar. The facility houses mainly the body 201 of the Afghan army, but today it was conducting a meeting between Afghan and NATO, at which time the attack took place. Both the deceased and the injured, including four interpreters, have been transferred to a hospital in Jalalabad.
Soon after, the usual spokesman for the Taliban, Zabiullah Mujahid, claimed responsibility for the attack on behalf of the group and stated that the terrorist came from the province of Day Kundi (central Mexico) and had joined a month ago in the ranks Army. "Today, when the encounter took place between soldiers, seized the opportunity to perpetrate the attack," said Mujahid.
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