KABUL, Aug 28: A lone rocket struck a German military camp in Afghanistan on Sunday — two days before Defence Minister Peter Struck’s arrival in the country.
The rocket attack late Saturday on the Provincial Reconstruction Team in northeastern Faizabad did not cause any injuries, Major Andy Elmes, spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), said.
“Last night at 2248 (1828 GMT), the camp received a rocket into the compound. It landed without detonating properly, no injuries. The German Defence Minister was nowhere in the region,” Elmes said.
ISAF’s Captain Michele Cortese said that Struck was scheduled to arrive in Afghanistan on Monday.
Elmes earlier said that Struck had been in northeastern Kunduz province when the rocket struck the Faizabad PRT some 150 kilometers (240 miles away).
The German military police in the PRT in Faizabad are investigating the incident along with the Afghan authorities, Elmes said.
Germany has over 2,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of an increased NATO-led peacekeeping force.—AFP
