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In the early morning of December 11, 2019, the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the United States military. The attackers used a VBIED garbage truck with 25,000 lb of home-made explosives which killed two civilians and injured 80 others. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The 2007 Bagram Airfield bombing was a suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more, at a time when Dick Cheney, then Vice-President of the United States, was visiting Afghanistan. The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base.
The attempted assassination of Dick Cheney was a 2007 suicide attack that killed up to 23 people and injured 20 more at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, while Dick Cheney, then Vice President of the United States, was visiting. [1] The attack occurred inside one of the security gates surrounding the heavily guarded base 60 km north of Kabul. [1]
The U.S. military left Bagram Airfield - its key base in Afghanistan - in the dead of night without telling the Afghans, the base's new commander said.
The Pentagon warned of deteriorating security in Afghanistan in the second half of 2015 and a rise in the number of effective strikes by Taliban insurgents.
The Taliban hold a military parade to celebrate the third anniversary of their takeover of Afghanistan, at the Bagram Air Base, in Bagram, Parwan province, Aug. 14, 2024.
The attack occurred at approximately 5:15 (UTC) A.M., [2] as the Czech soldiers along with Afghan police, were assessing the security situation in the village in the vicinity of Bagram Airfield. The bomber was in a crowd of Afghans talking to the soldiers who were investigating rocket attacks against Bagram airbase. [3]
January 29, 2015 – Three U.S. contractors working for Praetorian Standard, Inc. in Afghanistan were shot and killed on the military side of Kabul Airport. [126] June 8, 2015 – A Resolute Support Mission contractor was killed in a mortar attack on Bagram airfield. [127]