Blasts Heard Outside Main U.S. Base In Afghanistan

An apparent blast from a car was followed seconds later by a suicide bomber on foot who detonated himself outside of Bagram air base.

Two explosions, including a suspected suicide bombing, hit outside the main U.S. base in Afghanistan on Wednesday but it was not immediately clear if there were any casualties, a U.S. military official said.

An apparent blast from a car was followed seconds later by a suicide bomber on foot who detonated himself outside the main gate of Bagram air base, about 60 km (40 miles) north of Kabul, the military official said.

A Reuters witness at the base saw several military vehicles leave the sprawling compound quickly.

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside the gates to Bagram while then U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting the base in February 2006, killing more than a dozen people.