Afghanistan
Afghanistan: US Air Defense activated after multiple rockets fired at Kabul Airport
Kabul/UNI/Sputnik: At least five rockets were fired towards the Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital of Kabul, a US official told ABC News.
The US military engaged the C-RAM missile defense, but, according to ABC News, it is still unclear whether all of the rockets were successfully intercepted.
There have been no initial reports on casualties.
According to video footage from Pajhwok Afghan News and Tolo News reports, the rockets were fired from a car in Kabul’s Khair Khana area toward the airport on Monday morning and hit different parts of the city.
The US on Sunday carried out an airstrike which targeted a suspected ISIS-K car bomb which was heading towards the airport in the city.
A US defense official was quoted as saying by CNN a significant secondary explosion indicated a substantial amount of explosive material.
A drone carried out the attack. The initial indication is that there were no civilian casualties, the official said.
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