Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 29 Aug 2021, 07:22 am Print
Kabul Blast Representative image not related to the original event (Xinhua/UNI)
Kabul: An explosion was heard in Afghanistan capital Kabul on Sunday, UNI reported.
The explosion was heard amid fear of another attack in the city.
According to Xinhua, a rocket was fired at the Kabul airport where the US-led evacuation flights were continuing but failed to hit the target.
It further reported that the rocket hit a residential area and the casualties were unclear, the witness said.
Meanwhile, a security source at the Kabul police told news agency Sputnik that the rocket hit the capital's 15th district. The source did not comment on casualties.
Update on #KabulBlast
— Habib Khan (@HabibKhanT) August 29, 2021
The explosion in Kabul was a result of a rocket attack that landed in PD 15. No word on casualties and no group has claimed responsibility.
Blasts rocked the Kabul airport area on Thursday which left at least over 150 people dead.
Terror group ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the blast.
The US had conducted a drone airstrike on terror group ISIS-K planner in eastern Afghanistan, a day after President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate following bomb blasts in Kabul on Thursday that left over 100 dead.
In a statement issued, U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said: "U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner."
