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Posted Dec 26, 2012 12:00 am.

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KABUL – A vehicle apparently driven by a suicide bomber exploded at the gate of a major U.S. military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, with initial reports indicating some Afghans were injured but no one was killed, a NATO command spokesman said. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.

The vehicle, probably with a suicide bomber inside, exploded at the gate of Camp Chapman, located adjacent to the airport near the provincial capital of Khost, which borders Pakistan, coalition spokesman U.S. Army Maj. Martyn Crighton said. He called it an “unsuccessful attack.”

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