A child has been killed by a rocket strike in a neighbourhood close to Afghanistan’s main airport.
The attack at Kabul’s international airport came amid the US evacuation, according to a local police chief, the Press Association is reporting.
The explosion happened in an area north west of the airport, where evacuations have been taking place.
Rashid, who goes by one name, told PA that the rocket struck on Sunday afternoon (August 29).
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.
The rocket fire came as the US winds down a historic airlift that saw tens of thousands evacuated from Kabul’s international airport, the scene of much of the chaos that engulfed the Afghan capital since the Taliban took over two weeks ago.
After an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan, Isis-K, killed more than 180 people, the Taliban increased security around the airfield as the UK ended its evacuation flights on Saturday.
Meanwhile, a Taliban spokesman said a US military air strike targeted a suicide bomber in a vehicle who wanted to target Kabul international airport amid the American evacuation.
Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to journalists that the strike happened on Sunday.
