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Missiles Fired at Kandahar Base; No Casualties
Friday, October 25, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

Another battalion of the Afghan national army has entered its basic training in Kabul under tutelage of U.S. Special Forces soldiers. DoD officials said that ensuring a secure environment is key to establishing the Afghan interim government.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
The U.S. camp in Kandahar, Afghanistan came under fire Oct. 24, U.S. Central Command officials said. There were no casualties.

Officials reported that someone fired two rockets at the field at about 10 p.m. The projectiles flew over the landing strip and impacted on the other side of the base.

Military commander alerted the quick reaction force and soldiers searched the launch site, an area about four miles from the base, and the impact area. No suspects were found.

An Afghan man turned in another arms cache at Orgun-e in Paktika Province on the eastern edge of Afghanistan. Coalition soldiers found 82 mm mortar rounds, hundreds of small arms rounds and five anti-personnel mines.
(More: DoD News Source)
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