KABUL – Taliban militants have recently launched rocket attacks on the twoUS military bases in southern Afghanistan which is an act in contrast tothe US-Taliban deal signed in late February, the New York Times reported.
The Taliban will investigate the rockets shelling on Camp Bastion and CampDwyer in Helmand province as they were ordered not to attack the Americanforces, Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesperson to the Taliban military sectionhas said, Khaama Press has reported.
According to NYT dozens of rockets were launched on Camp Bastion in lateJuly and several rockets fall on Camp Dwyer, 50 miles South of Camp Bastion.
The question is why neither the U.S forces nor the local authoritiesreported these incidents to the media, but it is being leaked when Afghansand Taliban at the eve of starting the intra-Afghan dialogues in Doha.
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Camp Bastion was once the logistics hub for US and NATO troops in Helmand.
This comes as the Taliban and the United States signed a peace pact inFebruary 2020 under which the Taliban made a commitment not to fight theforeign troops in Afghanistan and the US agreed to withdraw fromAfghanistan in 14 months.
