Rockets attack on Kabul airport

As many as 20-30 rockets were fired at the Kabul international airport hours after US Defence Secretary James Mattis landed in the Afghan capital. Taliban and the Islamic State both reportedly took credit for the attack.

The Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan was today attacked with rocket fire, TOLO News and news agencies reported. There were no reports of



casualties

According to TOLO, the Taliban said that US Defence Secretary James Mattis, who arrived in Afghanistan earlier in the day, was the target of the attack. 

However, Reuters reported separately the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the attack. Reuters quoted ISIS's news agency, Amaq, to say that "infiltrators" used SPG-9 rockets and mortars for the attack.