Afghanistan nabs 2 for plan to attack US air base
Iran Press TV
Mon Apr 29, 2013 3:46PM
Afghan intelligence officials have arrested two men who placed explosives in their fuel trucks to detonate them at the US-run Bagram Air Base in eastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports.
Afghan government officials say the two men were arrested on Monday and several weapons have been seized from them.
Also on Monday, a civilian cargo aircraft crashed in the US-run air base, which is located 40 kilometers north of capital city, Kabul. The Taliban have claimed responsibility for the incident.
Earlier on Saturday, four US airmen were killed when their MC-12 spy plane crashed in Afghanistan’s southern province of Zabul. The Pentagon said the crash of the MC-12 is under investigation.
According to the website icasualties.org, 3,288 foreign soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan since the US-led war began in October 2001.
The increasing number of military casualties in Afghanistan has caused widespread anger in the US and other NATO member states, undermining public support for the Afghan war.
The US-led war in Afghanistan removed the Taliban from power, but insecurity continues to rise across Afghanistan, despite the presence of about over 100,000 US-led troops.
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