Suicide bomber kills four at Afghan US base

AFGHANISTAN.- 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.