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There is still no reports about who the injured Bulgarians are but Mladenov is not amongst them according to initial reports. Photo by BGNES
A rocket attack on the NATO base near Kandahar in Afghanistan has 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.
There is still no reports about who the injured Bulgarians are but Mladenov is not amongst them. 3 of the injured are said to be in a serious condition with one allegedly in a coma.
At present, the Bulgarian contingents in Afghanistan, numbering about 500 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.
Bulgarian Minister of Defense Nikolay Mladenov visited the Kabul headquarters of the Bulgarian NATO military contingent on Saturday, as part of his five-day visit to Afghanistan.
On Thursday Mladenov had suggested that the three Bulgarian military units serving in Afghanistan should all be based in the city of Kandahar.
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