Kabul, September 08: Two Afghan civilians were killed Tuesday in a suicide attack on Kabul’s military airport which also injured three international soldiers, officials and the military said.
A suicide attacker targeted Kabul’s military airport this morning, an officer with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
“It was a suicide attack outside the main gate of the military base at the airport,” Colonel Koziel Bart told reporters.
“All the gates of the base have been closed and all air operations have been suspended,” he said.
He said the attack took place outside the main gate of the base, just east of Kabul.
The Ministry of Interior said “there are civilian casualties” but had no details.
The attack comes within weeks of a massive suicide car bomb attack on ISAF’s Kabul headquarters, just ahead of elections on August 20 that were overshadowed by Taliban intimidation.
–Agencies