Nine Killed In Afghanistan Base Attack

BBC News reports:

Five foreign and four Afghan troops have died in an attack in eastern Afghanistan, officials say.

A Taliban suicide bomber wearing a military uniform hit an Afghan army base near the city of Jalalabad, the Afghan defence ministry said.

Coalition officials said five foreign troops died but gave no more details. Four Afghan soldiers and four translators were said to be injured.

The attack was one of the deadliest in months against foreign troops.

It was also the third in four days blamed on Taliban rebels.

The first attack killed a tribal elder close to Afghan President Hamid Karzai, while on Friday a police chief in the southern city of Kandahar was killed.

In the two most recent incidents, the attacker was wearing an Afghan military uniform.

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