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2019-12-12 Afghanistan
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2 killed, 73 Wounded in Taliban Attack near Bagram Base
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[ToloNews] UPDATED: Coalition forces ended the Bagram clash with Arclight airstrike
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s, said a Resolute Support front man. The Taliban
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has grabbed credit for the attack.
At least two civilians have been killed and 73 people have been maimed--mostly civilians--in a kaboom in the Bagram district of northern Parwan province close to Bagram airbase on Wednesday morning. A shootout involving seven Lions of Islam followed the blasts but was ended this evening by airstrikes.
Earlier on Wednesday MoI front man Nusrat Rahimi said that three Lions of Islam had been killed, one had been arrested, and three were still active.
A Resolute Support front man on Wednesday evening that the remaining Taliban fighters were killed in a series of airstrikes.
Residents said earlier that a "big explosion" happened in the area and it also damaged nearby houses.
"The explosion was very heavy and surprised the people as it was very early," said Qudousi. He added that "the attackers were hidden in a non-active hospital building and clashed with security forces."
"The target was Bagram airbase," he added.
Resolute Support in a statement said that "Enemy forces conducted an attack on Bagram airfield this morning, targeting a medical facility being constructed to help the Afghan people who live near the base."
The Taliban has grabbed credit for the attack.
A motor bomb explosion and long-running gunfires near U.S military base in Bagram district of Parwan province on Wednesday morning, killed 2 civilians and injured 73 most of whom were civilians, MOI spokesperson confirmed.
The powerful explosion has totally destroyed a large clinic which was built by the Korean Development funds and was in active since 2016.
According to Nasrat Rahimi, spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior Affairs, 7 militants entered in to the clinic building after the explosion.
Taliban have taken the responsibility of the attack and have claimed that their militants have succeeded to enter in to the U.S military base in Bagram.
A Resolute Support Spokesperson told Khaama Press that the Taliban fighters who remained after an unsuccessful attempt to breach Bagram airfield were killed in a series of airstrikes this evening.
The fighters barricaded themselves inside the medical facility building they attacked early Wednesday morning, RS spokesperson said. 
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