USAF female medic injured in Afghanistan RPG attack

USAF Afc. Bryenna Brooks, age 22, suffered serious injuries last week while her mobile unit was on night patrol in Afghanistan. She is serving as a medic with the 101st Airborne Division.

Taliban insurgents fired a rocket propelled grenade at her vehicle and she suffered shrapnel wounds to her face and neck.

Other soldiers in the vehicle were also wounded including the gunner, who suffered very serious injuries.

Nobody was killed in the attack.

Korean base in Afghanistan - opening ceremony delayed

SEOUL - South Korea says it is delaying next week's opening ceremony of its new base in due to security concerns.

Three rocket propelled grenades landed inside the base and two others fell outside the base Tuesday. The attack came hours after Seoul's defence minister visited. No one was injured.

Seoul's Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the opening ceremony would be put on hold indefinitely.

Seoul withdrew troops from Afghanistan in 2007 after the Taliban killed two of its citizens in a hostage standoff.

It deployed a provincial reconstruction team to help rebuild the war-torn country last year. More than 320 South Korean troops are stationed there to protect South Korean civilian aid workers and policemen.

Associated Press