Days after talks resumed between the United States and Taliban negotiators to end America's longest-running war, an American convoy near Bagram Airfield was targeted by a car bomb.
the news late Tuesday evening that an American convoy had been targeted. It was not immediately clear if a U.S. military convoy was involved.
General Mahfooz Walizada, the police commander of northern Parwan province where the attack occurred, told theA U.S. soldier stands guard next to Air Force One as President Donald Trump makes a surprise Thanksgiving day visit to the US troops at Bagram Air Field, on November 28, 2019 in Afghanistan. On December 11, 2019, the U.S. military base in Afghanistan was attacked by what American officials described as a suicide bombing.
"We are now aware some armed fighters remain inside the medical facility. While still ongoing, the situation is isolated to the clinic building and Bagram airfield is not in danger and the defensive perimeter was never breached or compromised. Some service members have been evaluated for minor injuries as a result of the initial attack. No major injuries have been reported.
details how U.S. officials have for years misled the public about the war in Afghanistan—a war that has claimed the lives of more than 2,400 U.S. service personnel have died in Afghanistan since the U.S.-led invasion began in 2001.
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