Nine soldiers - four and five Afghan Force NATO - were killed Saturday, April 16, during a suicide attack claimed by Taliban insurgents in the headquarters of the Afghan army to the east the country. "Five ISAF soldiers were killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan," said the NATO force said in a statement, without specifying their nationality.
According to the Ministry of Defence of Afghanistan, the attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who donned a military uniform, in the headquarters of the Afghan army to the east, located in the area Gambires near Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan. One hundred soldiers of the ISAF, primarily responsible for advising the Afghan army, stationed on the base of the province of Laghman.
A Taliban spokesman, reached by the, claimed the attack, among the deadliest for the NATO forces since their arrival in the country in late 2001. This is the tenth attack suicide attack in Afghanistan since early April. It is also the fifth in three days targeting Afghan security forces and international across the country.
On Friday, a suicide bomber managed to penetrate the headquarters, in principle secure, the police in Kandahar, the southern Afghan city, killing the police chief of the province and two of his bodyguards. NATO needs to send Afghan forces gradually, starting in July and by late 2014, the responsibility for security throughout the territory.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton warned against a precipitous withdrawal of NATO forces and warned that spring 2011 would probably be "violent" because of Taliban efforts to resume their offensive. 
According to the Ministry of Defence of Afghanistan, the attack was perpetrated by a suicide bomber who donned a military uniform, in the headquarters of the Afghan army to the east, located in the area Gambires near Jalalabad, the largest city in eastern Afghanistan. One hundred soldiers of the ISAF, primarily responsible for advising the Afghan army, stationed on the base of the province of Laghman.
A Taliban spokesman, reached by the, claimed the attack, among the deadliest for the NATO forces since their arrival in the country in late 2001. This is the tenth attack suicide attack in Afghanistan since early April. It is also the fifth in three days targeting Afghan security forces and international across the country.
On Friday, a suicide bomber managed to penetrate the headquarters, in principle secure, the police in Kandahar, the southern Afghan city, killing the police chief of the province and two of his bodyguards. NATO needs to send Afghan forces gradually, starting in July and by late 2014, the responsibility for security throughout the territory.
On Thursday, U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton warned against a precipitous withdrawal of NATO forces and warned that spring 2011 would probably be "violent" because of Taliban efforts to resume their offensive.
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