“The first information shows that (the rocket) hit the house,” writes the AFP agency, referring to a security source.
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The house is located in the Khawja Bughra district of Kabul, near the airport, from where the US military is still evacuating Afghans. The rocket hit a residential house, a child died in the explosion, writes the AFP agency.
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The footage of the explosion, which people shared on social networks, shows and hears people screaming and running to save their lives. Some residents throw water from the roofs of their houses to put out the flames.
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The officials tell Reuters that the strike was carried out by a drone and against a car rigged with explosives that was believed to have been looking to target Kabul airport.
— Idreees Ali (@idreeesali114) August 29, 2021
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Referring to two US officials, Reuters reported that the US military carried out a military crackdown on suspected fighters of the Khorasan branch of the Islamic State (ISIS-K) in Kabul on Sunday.
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Subsequently, with reference to its sources, she added that the intervention was carried out by a drone against a car filled with explosives. It is not clear from the report whether the attack is in any way connected with the explosion in which the child died.
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A representative of the Taliban spoke similarly.
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The rocket hit a residential area in Kabul
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According to a representative of the US Department of Defense, with whom CNN spoke, the detonation of a car with explosives subsequently caused another significant explosion.
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The US carried out a defensive airstrike via drone in Kabul Sunday targeting a suspected ISIS-K car bomb that was targeting the airport, a US defense official tells @OrenCNN. The official said a significant secondary explosion indicated substantial amount of explosive material.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) August 29, 2021
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According to local media, at least 169 Afghans and 13 American soldiers have already been killed in the Afghan capital Kabul in Thursday’s suicide bombing. Both the US Secret Service and President Joe Biden have warned that this will probably not be the last terrorist attack.
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