5 killed in Afghanistan rocket attacks

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Rockets crashed into a U.S. base and a house Friday in a remote area of northeast Afghanistan along the Pakistan border, killing two NATO service members and three civilians, officials said.

Sabawoon Hotak, a local spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said the two service members were killed and four others were hurt when the rocket hit the base in Nari district of Kunar province. The area is a haven for insurgent groups fighting along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

Provincial police chief Gen. Ewaz Mohammad Nazari said the other rocket hit a home in Marawara district, killing three people and wounding six others. He said the rocket was fired from the direction of the Afghan-Pakistan border.

NATO said it did not have any reports of rockets being launched into Kunar from Pakistan.