Two rocket attacks targeting a US military airbase in Afghanistan damaged the plane of the top US military officer, leaving two people wounded, an officer confirmed on Wednesday. “Two rockets struck Bagram Airbase last night after midnight, causing some damage to an aircraft in the airbase.
The aircraft was used by General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff,” an officer of the press department of the airbase, who declined to be identified, told Xinhua, adding that General Dempsey left the base using another plane. Two maintenance crew members were wounded in the attack, the officer further said.