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Tue, 05/31/2011 - 05:39
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Rocket lands outside S. Korean base in Afghanistan
SEOUL, May 31 (Yonhap) -- Another rocket fell outside a base for South Korea's aid workers and troops in Afghanistan late Monday, but no casualties were reported, Seoul's foreign ministry said.
The rocket landed south of the base in the city of Charika in northern Afghanistan at 11:27 p.m. (local time), the ministry said, in the ninth attack on the base this year. It is the fourth attack since terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops in Pakistan on May 1.
"There were no casualties or damage to facilities," said a ministry official on the condition of anonymity. "It appears that the rocket was fired from behind the base, not from the village nearby, and we will work with the Afghan police to determine the details as soon as day breaks there.
No casualties were reported in any of the previous attacks, but they prompted the South Korean government to reassess security risks for the hundreds of South Koreans working there to reconstruct the region. South Korea has stationed some 90 aid workers and police officers as well as about 270 troops to protect them.
Officials suspect local security guards launched the earlier attacks after losing their jobs manning the base, but bin Laden's recent death has raised the possibility of revenge attacks by Taliban forces.
The rocket landed south of the base in the city of Charika in northern Afghanistan at 11:27 p.m. (local time), the ministry said, in the ninth attack on the base this year. It is the fourth attack since terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. troops in Pakistan on May 1.
"There were no casualties or damage to facilities," said a ministry official on the condition of anonymity. "It appears that the rocket was fired from behind the base, not from the village nearby, and we will work with the Afghan police to determine the details as soon as day breaks there.
No casualties were reported in any of the previous attacks, but they prompted the South Korean government to reassess security risks for the hundreds of South Koreans working there to reconstruct the region. South Korea has stationed some 90 aid workers and police officers as well as about 270 troops to protect them.
Officials suspect local security guards launched the earlier attacks after losing their jobs manning the base, but bin Laden's recent death has raised the possibility of revenge attacks by Taliban forces.
