Suicide bombing in Afghanistan kills six US NATO members

December 23, 2015

On Monday, a suicide bomber blew himself up on a motorcycle in, Afghanistan. The bombing killed six US NATO service members and injured several others.

According to NATO and Afghan officials, the bombing occurred at 1:30pm in a village near. Bagram Airfield is located about north of, the Afghan capital.

The bombing killed six US NATO soldiers. The delayed officially releasing their names, following policy, but all the victims have been identified.

One of them is Joseph Lemm, aged 45. Lemm served fifteen years as an officer of the and has a wife and two children.

Another is Adrianna Vorderbruggen, an openly lesbian major. Vorderbruggen advocated repealing and is now married to her same-sex partner. The couple has a son.

The others are Peter Taub from, ; Michael Anthony Cinco from , , age 28; Chester McBride Jr., , ; and Louis Bonacasa, ,.

The bombing also injured others, including two US military personnel and, according to an Afghan official, three local police officers.

Via email and, the Taliban, whose regime the US overthrew after invading the country in 2001, claimed responsibility to the bombing.

Currently, about 10,000 US, and less than half as many NATO, military personnel remain in Afghanistan.