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Rocket Hits Near U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan
Tuesday, August 20, 2002
(7:28 AM ET)
Reuters

Around 40 American soldiers have been killed in combat and non-combat incidents and more than 340 have been wounded in U.S. operations in Afghanistan that began last October following the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington.

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Reuters
A rocket fired by unidentified attackers landed close to a U.S. special forces base in eastern Afghanistan early on Monday but caused no casualties, the U.S. military said.

Colonel Roger King, a spokesman at Bagram Air Base north of Kabul, told a news briefing on Tuesday that the attack on the U.S. special forces compound near Lwara in Paktia province happened at about 4 a.m. local time on Monday.

He said the rocket landed about 20 yards from a forward security position.
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