Latest news is that the 8 killed in Khost were CIA agents. And it's reported in some news that it was a base for the CIA.
Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and US-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight US CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.
US officials said the dead Americans - killed in a suicide bombing on a military base in southeastern Khost province today - were CIA agents.
It was one of the highest foreign non-military death tolls in the eight-year war against the Islamist Taliban.
The four Canadians and the journalist from the Calgary Herald were killed when their armoured vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province today, the Canadian Defence Ministry said.
The base in Khost province, Forward Operating Base Chapman, was engaged in reconstruction projects, a key part of US President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilise the country.
Some people were wounded in the explosion, defence officials said, but no US or Nato troops were among them.
Asked whether the suicide blast occurred inside the base, one official said: "That's my understanding." Another senior official confirmed the attack involved an explosive vest.
US President Barack Obama is sending 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan in an attempt to stem the violence, with Nato allies also contributing thousands more.
Washington has pledged a "civilian surge", adding hundreds of US experts to support work on development projects that aim to undermine support for the Taliban and other insurgents.
CIA deaths in Afghanistan suicide bombing | Stuff.co.nz

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