A U.S. airstrike targeted a suicide bomber outside Kabul airport and a a rocket attacked an Afghan neighborhood, killing a child on Sunday, as violence and the threat of a new terrorist attack continued to engulf the capital issue.
The U.S.-led airstrike dropped a vehicle trying to bomb the airport where thousands of people are awaiting evacuation, Taliban officials said.
Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters on Sunday that the vehicle was loaded with explosives when it was destroyed, but did not provide any additional details.
The rocket attack, which seemed like an independent incident, occurred Sunday afternoon in Kabul’s Khuwja Bughra neighborhood near the international airport, said Rashid, a police chief who, like many Afghans, has a name. One child died in that explosion.
The rocket comes amid efforts at the airport to evacuate tens of thousands of people trying to flee the Taliban acquisition after the fall of the Afghan government.
Sunday’s violence comes after an Islamic State affiliate carried out a suicide attack that killed more than 180 people last week.
Following the terrorist attack, the Taliban increased security around the airfield and the United Kingdom stopped its evacuation flights.
U.S. military cargo flights continued their routes to the airport on Sunday, ahead of President Biden’s Tuesday deadline to withdraw all troops.
With publishing cables