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    U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Possible ‘Inside Attack,’ Officials Say

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    Is this not the second or third “inside attack” in the month of June and yet Sec Mattis is getting set to send another 4000 US Soldiers to Afghanistan for training purposes –  PB/TK

    U.S. Soldiers Wounded in Possible ‘Inside Attack,’ Officials Say – By Chelsea Bailey & Courtney Kube / June 17 2017

    Several U.S. soldiers have been wounded and at least one Afghan soldier was killed Saturday in an incident that’s being investigated as a possible “insider attack” on a military base in Afghanistan, officials confirmed to NBC News.

    The incident occurred at Camp Shaheen and seven wounded soldiers have been medevaced to nearby hospitals, officials said. The base is the headquarters of the 209th Corps of the Afghan National Army and is located near the city of Mazar-e Sharif.

    “We are aware of an incident that occurred at Camp Shaheen in Mazar-e Sharif at approximately 2 p.m. local time,” a spokesman for Operation Resolute Support, the NATO-led mission to assist Afghan soldiers, posted in a statement on Twitter.

    Continue to nbcnews.com article: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/u-s-soldiers-wounded-possible-inside-attack-officials-say-n773626

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