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Rocket Attacks Launched on U.S. Bases in Afghanistan
Friday, November 1, 2002
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service

An 82nd Airborne Division unit patrolling near Khowst also found three rockets set up to fire at the American base. The soldiers destroyed the weapons in place.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
Opposition groups launched two hit-and-run rocket attacks against U.S. forward operating bases in Khowst and Gardez today.

Pentagon officials said there were no casualties in either of the attacks.

In the first incident, opposition groups launched two rockets at the U.S. forward operating base near Khowst at about 4 a.m. Soldiers of the Combined Task Force-82 observed the rounds, which impacted several kilometers away.
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