Headline Roundup • August 30th, 2021
US Shoots Down Rockets Aimed at Kabul Airport
Summary from the AllSides News Team
On Monday, the U.S. military reportedly shot down as many as five rockets that were aimed at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. A counter-rocket system called C-RAM was used to bring down the rockets before they reached their target. Officials say more attacks are likely before U.S. troops withdraw on Tuesday. The Pentagon also said it used a drone strike Sunday to eliminate an airport-bound vehicle filled with explosives; the drone strike also led to civilian casualties.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the rockets, though U.S. officials suspect it was the Islamic terror group ISIS-K. ISIS-K was responsible for the suicide bombing in Kabul that killed more than 170 people, including 13 American service members.
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Jim Huylebroek for The New York Times
As the U.S. military raced toward a Tuesday deadline to withdraw from America’s longest war, sporadic violence in the Afghan capital underlined the perils ahead for a country already buffeted by insecurity, a humanitarian crisis and a terrorist threat.
The U.S. military shot down rockets aimed at the Kabul airport on Monday morning, a day after it said that one of its drones struck a vehicle full of explosives. The U.S. has warned that more attacks, like the one last week outside the airport that killed nearly 200 people, are...
AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi
The White House on Monday said President Biden was briefed overnight about an attempted rocket attack on Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
The U.S. reportedly shot down multiple rockets targeting the airport as the military races against a Tuesday deadline to withdraw from Afghanistan. The incident came one day after U.S. forces used a drone to take out a vehicle full of explosives, underscoring the chaos in the capital during the final days of America’s longest-ever war.
“The president was informed that operations continue uninterrupted at [the airport] and...
Reuters
U.S. anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets fired at Kabul's airport early on Monday, a U.S. official said, as the United States rushed to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan to end its longest war.
Afghan media said the attack was launched from the back of a vehicle. The Pajhwok news agency said several rockets struck different parts of the Afghan capital.
Initial reports did not indicate any U.S. casualties, the U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters. The attack followed a huge Islamic State suicide bombing outside the...
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