KABUL – A series of rockets struck the Afghan capital today, killing one person and wounding another, the interior ministry said, the second such attack to rock Kabul in less than a month.
“This morning, 10 rockets were fired from the Labe Jar neighbourhood of Kabul,” ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told reporters.
He said three rockets landed near Kabul airport and seven in residential areas, leaving one civilian dead and two wounded.
Kabul police confirmed the early morning attack, saying most of the rockets struck the eastern part of the capital.
No group has yet claimed today's attack, but violence has raged in the country despite ongoing peace talks between the government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar since September 12.
On November 21, eight people were killed when 23 rockets slammed Kabul in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group (IS).
Apart from the November rocket attack, IS claimed two deadly assaults in Kabul.
Those attacks targeted educational centres in the capital that killed mostly students, including one on Kabul University that saw gunmen spraying classrooms with bullets.
Authorities blamed the attacks on educational centres on the Haqqani network, an affiliate of the Taliban. – AFP, December 12, 2020
