Military

DATE=03/31/03

TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT

TITLE=AFGHANISTAN U-S (S)

NUMBER=2-301548

BYLINE=JIM TEEPLE

DATELINE=KABUL

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INTRO: Officials of the International Security Assistance Force in Kabul say they were deliberately targeted late Sunday when two rockets were fired at their facilities. V-O-A's Jim Teeple reports from Kabul, U-S led coalition forces say several of their bases in southern and eastern Afghanistan were also attacked late Sunday by suspected remnants of the Taliban and al-Qaida.

TEXT: I-S-A-F officials who are responsible for security in the capital say the two 122-millimeter rockets fired into Kabul Sunday were aimed directly at their facilities.

One of the rockets hit a dormitory building at I-S-A-F headquarters and the other landed harmlessly near the Kabul military training center where I-S-A-F has a base.

I-S-A-F's spokesman, German Army Colonel, Thomas Lubbering says the attacks were well planned.

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This is a significant difference from the type of attacks that we have experienced so far. It is far more sophisticated.

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There has been no claim of responsibility for the attacks, which caused no injuries and little damage. I-S-A-F officials say they believe Hezb-I-Islami operatives loyal to renegade warlord Gulbiddin Hekmatayar were behind the attack. (SIGNED)

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