13 Killed in suicide attack on military base in Afghanistan

SANAA, Jan. 21 (YPA) – Thirteen Afghan security personnel were killed on Monday in a Taliban attack on a military base in the southern province of Wardak.

Government officials said more than 28 security officials were wounded in the attack on the military base when militants detonated a car and two gunmen entered the compound.

According to the Afghan network Tullo News,  the attack occurred in the morning hours after a car bomb exploded near the base of the Afghan Special Forces, a spokesman for the governor of the province Rahman Mangal said.

Mangal said at least three attackers were killed in the attack, while another bomber blew up a car loaded with explosives near the base, adding that the security forces suffered losses from the operation.

The Taliban network added that the Taliban organization claimed responsibility for the explosion.

Sameera Hassn