5 dead after militants attack military base in Kabul

Afghan security personnel.
(Image credit: Wakil Kohsar/AFP/Getty Images)

At least five soldiers were killed Monday morning when militants attacked an Afghan National Army military base, officials said.

A defense ministry spokesman told the BBC 10 other soldiers were injured. There were five militants involved in the attack, he said, and two were killed when they blew themselves up and two others were killed in a shootout. The fifth militant has been arrested. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.