Eight killed in Afghan suicide blast were CIA – CNN

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The eight American civilians  killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in southeastern  Afghanistan yesterday were all CIA agents, CNN reported,  citing an unnamed senior U.S. official.

CNN gave no other details. The explosion, at a military  base in Khost province near the border with Pakistan, caused  one of the highest foreign civilian death tolls in an insurgent  strike in the eight-year war.