2019 Bagram Airfield attack

2019 Bagram Airfield attack
Bagram Airfield
Location	Bagram Airfield
Date	December 11, 2019
Weapons	2 car bombs and suicide attack
Deaths	11
Injured	80 (first attack) 6 (second attack)
Perpetrator	Taliban

In the early morning of December 11, 2019, the Taliban attacked Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which at the time was controlled by the United States. The attackers used two car bombs which killed two civilians and injured 80 others.^[1][2][3][4]

The attack[]

Taliban insurgents attacked the western part of the base following the explosion. The attack was repelled by a US-led NATO forces. At 5:50 AM a 22,500 lb VBIED (Vehicle Borne IED) was detonated at Bagram Airfield abandoned medical facility that was walled off separate from the rest of the base. Six people were wounded from the blast.^[5][6]

American military response[]

Just minutes after the attacks, Marine advisors and their Georgian military counterparts responded to the attacks. The Marines and Georgians were in charge of perimeter security for Bagram Airfield Security Forces (BAFSECFOR). At the time of the attack BAFSECFOR was headquartered by the 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion, and organized as Task Force Cobalt.

Task Force Cobalt pushed more combat power to the site of the initial attack, mainly elements of the 348th Route Clearance Company, focusing on containing taliban fighters from entering the main portion of the base. Heavy small arms fire and rockets could be heard In the area of the initial car bomb but taliban fighters were unsuccessful from entering the main portion of the base. 16 hours after the initial attack US fighter aircraft bombed the area outside of the military base colloquially known as the Korean hospital.^[7]

Following the attack HHC, 307th AEB coordinated the closing of the breach in the perimeter created by the initial blast and subsequent bombings by US Forces.

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