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Insurgents attack Canadian base in Afghanistan
CTV.ca News
Two explosions rocked Kandahar airfield -- the base for Canadian troops in Afghanistan -- just before 9 p.m. local time on Saturday.
There were no casualties from the attack, said CTV's Janis Mackey Frayer, reporting from Kandahar.
"Military officials are saying it was a suspected rocket attack by Taliban fighters in the area," Mackey Frayer told CTV Newsnet.
"They have yet to confirm whether it was rockets or mortars, but rockets would be in keeping with the pattern that has been established in previous attacks."
Saturday's attack marks the fifth such strike at the base since Canadian troops arrived at the end of February.
In previous attacks insurgents have fired Soviet-built 107-mm rockets. They are typically fired from crude improvised launching sites and have a range of up to nine kilometres, Mackey Frayer said.
Troops were immediately dispatched to try and locate the launch site and the insurgents who staged the attack, Mackey Frayer said.
The attacks may be proof of a stepped-up spring campaign by Taliban insurgents against coalition forces in Afghanistan.
"There has been an increase in activities over the last few weeks," Mackey Frayer said. "There have been more bombs and there have been some rocket attacks like this, so it would be in keeping with what some officials say is a stepped up spring campaign by Taliban insurgents."
Insurgents attack Canadian base in Afghanistan
CTV.ca News
Two explosions rocked Kandahar airfield -- the base for Canadian troops in Afghanistan -- just before 9 p.m. local time on Saturday.
There were no casualties from the attack, said CTV's Janis Mackey Frayer, reporting from Kandahar.
"Military officials are saying it was a suspected rocket attack by Taliban fighters in the area," Mackey Frayer told CTV Newsnet.
"They have yet to confirm whether it was rockets or mortars, but rockets would be in keeping with the pattern that has been established in previous attacks."
Saturday's attack marks the fifth such strike at the base since Canadian troops arrived at the end of February.
In previous attacks insurgents have fired Soviet-built 107-mm rockets. They are typically fired from crude improvised launching sites and have a range of up to nine kilometres, Mackey Frayer said.
Troops were immediately dispatched to try and locate the launch site and the insurgents who staged the attack, Mackey Frayer said.
The attacks may be proof of a stepped-up spring campaign by Taliban insurgents against coalition forces in Afghanistan.
"There has been an increase in activities over the last few weeks," Mackey Frayer said. "There have been more bombs and there have been some rocket attacks like this, so it would be in keeping with what some officials say is a stepped up spring campaign by Taliban insurgents."