Panetta says no sign he was target of airport attack

KABUL: US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he had no reason to believe he was the target of an attempted attack as he landed a day earlier at a military airfield in Afghanistan.

"I have absolutely no reason to believe that this was directed at me," Panetta told a press conference, but added: "This is a war area" and "we're going to get these kind of incidents". (AFP)