TRIPwire, 9 April 2019
On 8 April 2019, three U.S. service members were killed when a suicide vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) attacked a convoy of trucks transporting U.S. personnel near Bagram Air Base in eastern Afghanistan. Three other service members were wounded. There was no information available regarding the construction of the VBIED. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack in a subsequent statement released on social media.