Saturday, May 14 – According to officials an RPG-7 rocket fired early Saturday just fell about 200 meters away outside a base in Charikar city in the northern Afghan province, where South Korean aid workers and troops are stationed. No casualties have been reported on the incident yet.
Following similar rocket on May 5, Saturday’s attack was the seventh one apparently aimed at the South Korean base in the country.
Seoul officials are not ruling out the possibility of terrorism.
The threats of terrorist attacks have risen since Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaeda was shot to death in a U.S. military raid in Pakistan on May 2.
Korean civilians are working in Charikar city as part of the Provincial Reconstruction Team to help rebuilt the war-torn country, about 90 South Korean aid workers and police officers are operating in the PRT there and more than 300 South Korean troops have been deployed there to protect them.
