REUTER/Stringer The car that fired the rockets intended to hit Kabul’s airport goes up in flames. REUTER/Stringer The vehicle in which a rocket was shot from towards Kabul’s airport on August 30, 2021. AAMAJ NEWS AGENCY/via REUTERS Taliban forces stand guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired in Kabul.
REUTER/Stringer People gather around remnants of cars where rockets towards Kabul’s international airport were fired from but were intercepted by a missile defense system in Kabul. AP Taliban forces watch a man take pictures of a car that exploded after a rocket attack in Kabul. A satellite photo of Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 28th. President Biden was briefed on the rocket attack, which came a day before the US deadline to withdraw from the Taliban-controlled country, White House Jen Psaki said in a statement.Īfter the rocket fire, US cargo planes were spotted continuing the evacuation efforts. Gunfire followed the explosions in the Salim Karwan neighborhood, witnesses said.Ī US official told Reuters that up to five rockets fired at the airport were intercepted. Other rockets appeared to have landed in a neighborhood outside the airport, witnesses told the Associated Press. Rockets were fired toward the Kabul airport on Monday morning and were reportedly intercepted by a US anti-missile system. Now silent under Taliban, a Kabul cinema awaits its fateĮx-Afghan finance minister blames ‘ghost soldiers’ for Taliban victoryīaby handed to US troops over Kabul airport fence is missing: report
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