SecondThe rocket was launched over Kabul on Monday morning the day after a U.S. drone attacked a car filled with explosives. AFP employees heard the sound of bullets over the city. Smoke billowed near the airport.
At first it was not clear where the rockets landed and what their goals were. A US official told Reuters that the bullet was intercepted by the missile defense system. There are up to five missiles. It is unclear whether everyone has been intercepted. It said that the initial report did not show any injured American citizens, but that information may change.
On Monday, the United States was about to complete its last troop withdrawal from Afghanistan. On Tuesday, the U.S. armed forces left the country’s Hindu Kush Mountains after 20 years. With the withdrawal of the army, the airlift was over to send people out after the radical Islamic Taliban came to power two weeks ago. Since August 15th, about 114,000 people have been taken out of Afghanistan.
However, in the past few days, the risk of terrorist attacks has increased significantly. In the suicide bombing at the airport last week, more than 100 people were killed, including 13 American soldiers. This is the worst attack the US military has suffered in Afghanistan in ten years.
It was not until Sunday that the United States prevented another attack on the Kabul airport. According to the Pentagon, a U.S. drone destroyed a car containing explosives.
