In Afghanistan, an aircraft used by the chair of the Joints Chiefs of Staff, Martin Dempsey, was damaged on Tuesday when militants fired on a U.S. base. A NATO spokesperson said Dempsey was not on board when the attack took place.

Günter Katz: “Last night two rounds hit Bagram airfields, and actually they caused damage to an ISAF (International Security Assistance Forces) helicopter and the C-17 transport airplane of General Dempsey. He was already in his room by that time, so he was not affected at all. Some of the shrapnels of those rounds damaged actually also the C-17 of General Dempsey, so he took another C-17 in order to continue his trip then out of Afghanistan.”

Dempsey was in Afghanistan for talks following a recent spate of attacks on NATO soldiers by Afghan troops. Shortly after the attack, he left Afghanistan on a different aircraft.