Canada's military in Afghanistan is reporting no casualties or damage after two rebel rockets slammed into Kandahar Airfield on Saturday.
The rockets hit around 9 p.m. local time, sending the roughly 10,000 soldiers and support staff at the base scurrying for shelter.
The attack is the second on Kandahar Airfield in the past 14 days. A Feb. 11 attack injured one U.S. soldier and shattered a long period of calm at the principal NATO base in southern Afghanistan.
Last spring, summer and fall, the base was hit regularly, forcing the Canadian army to dispatch a special anti-mortar team.
The Taliban have been threatening to launch a so-called spring offensive against NATO forces. But for the last month have mostly confined their attacks to positions manned by Afghan police.
Lt. John Nethercott, a spokesperson for the Canadian Forces, said 107-millimetre rockets, likely leftover from the Soviet occupation, were used in the latest attack.
The incident comes as Canadian troops marked one year since the Canadian flag was officially planted in Kandahar province.
Thirty-six Canadians have died in the streets and fields of Kandahar since then. Since the Canadian mission to Afghanistan began in 2002, 44 Canadian soldiers and one diplomat have been killed.
