Suicide blast hits US-Afghan base; 10 Afghans hurt

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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle near the gate of a U.S.-Afghan combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, wounding 10 Afghan soldiers, officials said.

The blast in Paktiya province’s Zurmat district shattered windows on village homes three kilometers (nearly 2 miles) away but no one was killed in the attack, said provincial government spokesman Rohullah Samon.

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