— Voice of America reports: “Taliban militants are taking credit for separate attacks that killed eight Americans and one Afghan inside a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan, as well as four Canadian soldiers and a journalist in the south.”
— “The Taliban said the suicide attack in eastern Khost province Wednesday was carried out by a man wearing an Afghan national army officer’s uniform.  He was able to detonate an explosive vest near the base’s gym.”

— New York Daily News reports: “The attack marks the worst loss of life for the U.S. in Afghanistan since October.”
— “The Taliban also took responsibility for a roadside bomb that left four Canadian soldiers and a journalist in their unit dead. Both attacks occurred Wednesday.”
— “Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said the attacker at the CIA base in Khost Province was a ‘well-dressed’ officer in the Afghan army.”
— ” ‘This deadly attack was carried out by a valorous Afghan army member when the (CIA staff) were busy gaining information about the mujahedin,’ he said, using the Arabic word for a military force of warriors engaged in a jihad.”
— BBC: Afghanistan: CIA workers killed by ‘Afghan soldier’

— FOX News reports: “It was unclear how the bomber at U.S. Forward Operating Base Chapman at the edge of Khost city was able to circumvent security. Khost is the capital of Khost province, which borders Pakistan and is a Taliban stronghold.”
— “But an Afghan official in Khost said the U.S. has hired about 200 Afghans to help with security at the base. They are usually deployed on the outer ring of its walls, although some work inside, the official said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.”

— Afghan suicide bomber ‘kills four CIA agents’ after attacking base

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