: At least one killed in rocket strike in Kabul residential area: Reports #IndiaNEWS At least one child was killed after a rocket hit a residential locality near Kabul airport on Sunday evening, Al Jazeera

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At least one killed in rocket strike in Kabul residential area: Reports #IndiaNEWS
At least one child was killed after a rocket hit a residential locality near Kabul airport on Sunday evening, Al Jazeera reported, citing an Afghan police official. Afghan news agency Asvaka reported that two people were killed and three others were wounded in the attack.Meanwhile, the United States military forces conducted an unmanned airstrike in Kabul on a vehicle carrying an “imminent ISIS-K [Islamic State-Khorasan] threatâ€? to the city’s airport, Bill Urban, spokesperson of the US Central Command said, reported ANI.Urban added that they were confident to have hit the target successfully. “Significant secondary explosions from the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material,â€? Urban said. “We are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time.â€?The US airstrike appeared to be a separate incident, according to AP.Earlier, local media in Afghanistan reported that an explosion was heard in a residential area, citing videos posted by social media users.A security official from the Afghan government told AFP that the explosion was caused by a rocket and that “initial information shows [it] hit a houseâ€?, Al Arabiya News reported.Watch: Smoke rises from what appears to be another explosion in the Kabul airport area in Afghanistan, according to social media posts. t.co/5MyFBUIQcC pic.twitter.com/TOo09xjTsE— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) August 29, 2021 RPG rocket...Read more

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