Xinhua News Agency, Kabul, August 29 (Farid Behbad) According to Afghan Dawn Television, a residential area near the Afghan capital Kabul International Airport was attacked by rockets on the 29th, killing 6 civilians.
The report quoted Afghan sources as saying that the rocket hit a house in the 15th police district of Kabul, killing 6 civilians, including 4 children. Another eyewitness told Xinhua News Agency that around 4:55 pm local time, a residential area west of Kabul International Airport was hit by a rocket.
According to the US Central Command on the 29th, the US military carried out air strikes in Kabul on the target of the Afghan branch of the extremist organization “Islamic State”.
Central Command spokesperson Bill Urban said in a statement that U.S. drones carried out an air strike on a car in Kabul that day, lifting the threat of the Afghan branch of the “Islamic State” on the Kabul airport. The statement said that the U.S. military was convinced that it hit the target, and the car was hit by a huge secondary explosion indicating that it contained a large amount of explosives. The US military is assessing the possibility of civilian casualties.
U.S. President Biden said on the 28th that the U.S. military assesses that it is very likely that another terrorist attack will occur in Kabul in the next 24 to 36 hours. The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan issued a security warning on the evening of the 28th, stating that in view of “specific and credible threats,” all U.S. citizens in the area near the Kabul Airport should leave immediately.
A suicide bomb attack occurred outside Kabul Airport on the 26th, killing 13 American soldiers and wounding 18 others, and at least 170 Afghan civilians were killed. The United States believes that the Afghan branch of the extremist organization “Islamic State” carried out the attack. (Participating reporters: Shi Xiantao, Liu Pinran) (End)Return to Sohu to see more
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