Rockets fired at major US airbase in Afghanistan: Officials

Afghan officials say Bagram Airfield, the largest US military base in Afghanistan, has come under a rocket attack, with reports falling short of providing details on possible casualties in the incident.

Five rockets were fired at the base in the central Afghan province of Parwan early on Saturday, according to Waheeda Shahkar, spokeswoman for the provincial governor.

Shahkar said 12 rockets had been mounted on a truck and five of them were fired at the base from Qalandar Khel area in Parwan, while police defused the other seven.

The rocket attack was also confirmed by a NATO official saying, "Rockets were fired towards Bagram Airfield this morning. Initial reporting is there were no casualties and the airfield was not damaged."

No group or individual has so far claimed responsibility for the assault, but the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group previously conducted a similar rocket attack on the American base in April.

The terror outfit, which has based itself mainly in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar Province, has an estimated 2,000 to 2,500 militants and has been behind a string of horrific bombing and other attacks since its emergence in the country in 2015.

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