A suicide bomber has killed four people inside Bagram air base, the largest US military facility in Afghanistan. At least 14 others were wounded in the blast, carried out near a dining facility. The Taliban said one of their fighters carried out the attack. The attack is a major security breach in one of the best protected places in Afghanistan. Bagram has been targeted by militants in the past but this is the first time a bomb has exploded inside the base. Bagram, just north of the capital Kabul, has been used as the main military base and airfield by the US-led forces and Nato over the past 14 years. A local government spokesman said the attacker entered the base early in the morning and was standing in a queue with Afghan labourers reporting for duty when he detonated his vest.
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