Rockets hit US air base in Afghanistan, no casualties reported
The attack on Bagram airfield was carried out from a vehicle parked in an adjoining village.
Afghan security forces take position at the site of an attack on a US military air base in Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan on December 11, 2019.
Five rockets hit a US air base in Afghanistan on Thursday, but there were no casualties, two senior security officials said.
The attack comes as the Afghan government has announced the release of Taliban prisoners from a jail near the Bagram base, as part of a confidence-building step in a US-Taliban peace deal aimed at ending about two decades of war in Afghanistan.
"Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning," the NATO-led mission, Resolute Support, said on Twitter. "There were no casualties or injuries."
Five rockets were fired at Bagram airfield early this morning. There were no casualties or injuries. Our #ANDSF partners are investigating the incident.
— Resolute Support (@ResoluteSupport) April 9, 2020
The rockets targeting the largest US military compound in Afghanistan were fired from a vehicle parked in an adjoining village.
One hundred Taliban members are scheduled to be freed on Thursday from the detention facility near the base, following Wednesday's release of 100 members of the group.
The prisoner exchange deal provides for the government to free 5,000 Taliban prisoners, with the Taliban releasing 1,000 members of the Afghan security forces in exchange.
But the Taliban rebuffed the overture, saying they were unable to verify which prisoners had been released.
The Afghan government said it was committed to honour the deal but would not release senior Taliban commanders accused of carrying out some of the most brutal attacks in recent years.
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