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Rocket Attack Hits Kandahar NATO Base, No Bulgarians Injured
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Taliban rocket attacks on the Kandahar base, the outer permiter of which is guarded by UK soldiers, are very common with up to 400 reported in 2009.
The NATO base near Kandahar in Afghanistan has been attacked by rockets at 10.26 am local time, Bulgaria's defense ministry announced on Monday.
There have been no reports of Bulgarian casualties or material damages.
A rocket attack on the NATO base near Kandahar in Afghanistan at the end of January left four Bulgarians injured, during the visit of Bulgarian Defense Minister Nikolay Mladenov to the base.
The rocket exploded about 200 meters from the accommodation of Mladenov and the Bulgarian government delegation just before 22:00 on January 24.
At present, the Bulgarian contingents in Afghanistan, numbering 527 troops, are based in three locations – Kabul, Kandahar and Herat. Taliban rocket attacks on the Kandahar base, the outer permiter of which is guarded by UK soldiers, are very common with up to 400 reported in 2009.
Bulgaria plans to send 65 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan in early September - 10 of the soldiers will be medical personnel based in Kabul and the southern city of Kandahar, and 10 will be instructors for the Afghan army.
The rest will join a Bulgarian unit guarding the airport in Kandahar.
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