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2007 Bagram Air Base bombing
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| 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing | |
|---|---|
| Location | Bagram, Afghanistan |
| Target(s) | Dick Cheney (purported) |
| Date | February 27, 2007 10 A.M (GMT+4:30 Kabul (UTC)(1am ET)) |
| Attack Type | suicide attack |
| Fatalities | 23 |
| Injuries | 20 |
| Perpetrator(s) | Taliban |
The 2007 Bagram Air Base bombing was a suicide attack that has killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more at the Bagram air base in Afghanistan, while Dick Cheney, the Vice President of the United States, was visiting.[1] The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base 60 km north of Kabul.[1] Qari Yousef Ahmadi, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack and said Vice Preisdent Cheney was its target, although there is no proof that any terrorist organization was aware of Cheney's presense on the base.[1] Cheney was unhurt in the attack. Among the dead are an American soldier, an American contractor, a South Korean soldier, and 20 Afghan workers at the base.[2]
- Yoon Jang-ho, the South Korean soldier who died in the attack
- ^ a b c The Associated Press (2007-02-27). Cheney unhurt in blast outside Afghan base. CNN. Retrieved on 2007-02-27.
- ^ Tang, Alisa. "Cheney OK After Afghan Blast; 23 Killed", Newsday.com, February 27, 2007.
- "Cheney targeted in Taliban attack", Aljazeera.net.
