{"id":95797,"date":"2017-09-06T16:54:21","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T16:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/09\/06\/explosion-at-bagram-airfield-injures-multiple-personnel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:18:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:18:58","slug":"explosion-at-bagram-airfield-injures-multiple-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2017\/09\/06\/explosion-at-bagram-airfield-injures-multiple-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomber attack at Bagram Airfield injures 3 Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

An explosion outside an entry control point at Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan Wednesday wounded six coalition service members and killed an Afghan linguist, U.S. Forces Afghanistan said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three of the wounded coalition members were American, said Capt. Bill Salvin, a spokesman for U.S. Forces Afghanistan. Three others were from coalition member countries, Salvin said. All six had \u201cnon-life threatening injuries\u201d and were able to be treated at the medical facilites at Bagram. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Salvin said the attack was conducted by a suicide bomber wearing a vest who either approached the troops on foot or on a motorcycle. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Wednesday attack came a day after U.S. Forces-Afghanistan formally apologized for an offensive leaflet that was dropped in Parwan, the same province as Bagram Airfield.
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Salvin said it was too early to tell whether the leaflet spurred the attack. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The leaflet, dropped early Tuesday local time in Parwan, was meant to ask local Afghans to report the Taliban to Afghan security forces, said Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Andrews.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cUnfortunately, there was an image on the leaflet that was offensive to Muslims,\u201d Andrews said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the Parwan province governor held a shura with local leaders, where they demanded the apology, Andrews said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t