(MENAFN- Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) At least nine people including a Resolute Support (RS) service member were killed as a result of an attack on a NATO base near Kabul International Airport late Friday, said officials on Saturday.
The RS mission in a statement confirming death of its one service member said, "A Resolute Support service member and eight Resolute Support contracted civilians were killed during an attack on a coalition facility in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 7, 2015." The statement did not provide the identity of the service member.
The attack came soon after at least 27 police trainees were killed and 26 others wounded as a result of a suicide blast at the Kabul Police Academy in Kabul. According to a statement by Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI), more than 40 students, referees and civilians were killed or wounded when a car suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vehicle in front of the Police Academy in Afshar locality of Kabul.
The attacks on Friday including a massive truck bombing near an Afghan military base, a suicide bombing at the national police academy and an armed assault on a NATO military base left at least 50 people dead including a coalition service member and hundreds of others wounded.
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