US Embassy in Afghanistan closes after attacks
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Afghanistan's National Army soldiers guard, blocking the main road to the Bagram Airfield's main gate in Bagram, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016. An explosion at a U.S. airfield in Afghanistan early Saturday killed four people, the head of international forces in the country said. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini) (The Associated Press)
The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan has closed following deadly insurgent attacks on a German Consulate and an American military base.
In a statement late Saturday, the embassy says it will be "closed for routine services" Sunday "as a temporary precautionary measure."
The unusual decision comes after four Americans — two soldiers and two contractors — were killed in a suicide attack Saturday on the Bagram Airfield near the capital, Kabul.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two days earlier, insurgents attacked the German Consulate in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, killing six people and wounding more than 100.
The U.S. Embassy in Kabul regularly warns Americans against travel to Afghanistan, where a Taliban-led insurgency is in its 16th year.
The insurgency has become more virulent since most international combat troops withdrew in 2014.