Rocket hits Afghanistan's largest base, one civilian killed

Bagram- This gigantic air base and military industrial boom town was hit by a rocket attack sometime during the early morning hours. One person was confirmed dead and two wounded according to U.S. military sources.

Bagram, home to 24,000 military and contracting personnel experiences infrequent attacks. "It's the first one in a month and a half," said Lt. Col. Clarence Counts, a public affairs spokesman. "In the 11 months I've been here we've had about four attacks that have caused deaths or injuries."

Col. Counts said the task force which defends the base uses roving patrols and technology to pin point attacks and predict when they will most frequently happen. "Usually it's on weekends," he said, "but it's starting to get warm," meaning more attacks come with better spring weather in a region where snow still crests the outlying peaks.

"We don't use automatic fireback because it's a populated area," he said, adding that, the insurgents use some kind of timing device on the rockets, so they are usually well out of range when the rockets launch.

According to the AP, a Taliban spokesman said two rockets were fired at the base. Last year insurgents launched more the a dozen attacks killing four people, according to the same report.

Photography of the damaged hut was not permitted at this time.