At least five rockets were fired at the Afghan capital Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on early Monday local time.
Local sources confirmed the rockets were fired but intercepted via defense systems installed at the airport.
Casualties are feared, but no immediate details were available...
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Five rockets have reportedly been launched towards Kabul airport, which is the focal point of the US evacuation from Afghanistan. The missiles were shot down by an air defense system, media report, citing US officials.
ReplyDeleteSeveral rockets rained down on the area near Kabul airport on Monday morning, Reuters reported, citing a US official, who said that missile defense systems were deployed to intercept the incoming projectiles.
Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin reported, citing a US defense official, that the Pentagon used the Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Mortar (C-RAM) missile system to repel the attack.