Military Periscope Logo

Taliban Claim Responsibility For Fatal Attack At Bagram Air Base

September 23 2015

Afghanistan

Afghan militants have killed a NATO service member in an attack outside Kabul, says the alliance, as reported by NBC News.

The attack took place Tuesday near the main military airfield of Bagram airbase, said NATO.

The identity and nationality of the service member killed were not immediately released.

NATO did not identify the militant group responsible. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on its Twitter feed.

The airbase, which is guarded by U.S. Marines...

Please log in to continue reading.

Not yet a subscriber? Take a free trial.

Military Periscope gives you easy-to-use, integrated, open-source intelligence on…

  • More than 7,500 weapons systems and platforms
  • Nearly every country's armed forces
  • Militant organizations
laptop image

Try Military Periscope free for seven days