Afghanistan
Attacks on Military Camps:2019

Two Afghan civilians were wounded on October 22, during a Taliban rocket attack on a military base in in the provincial capital of Helmand Province, Lashkar Gar The attack occurred in the provincial capital of Helmand Province, Lashkar Gah, where American Marines keep a small base at the airfield there, reports nytimes.com. Following the attack, the Taliban tweeted that their fighters had fired more than 60 “missiles” at the outpost and killed and wounded “tens” of Americans and Afghans. In a tweet, Colonel Sonny Leggett, a spokesman for the American-led mission in Afghanistan said that there were no “U.S. or coalition casualties” but the “Taliban’s indiscriminate and inaccurate rockets resulted in two innocent Afghan civilians being injured.” It was unclear whether Colonel Leggett meant that no one was wounded in the Taliban attack. A statement from the American-led mission said: “We do not discuss or provide information on military personnel experiencing an illness or injury without the consent of the individual.” Read less...