TALIBAN FIGHTERS FIRE ROCKETS IN AFGHANISTAN CAPTIAL

Wazir Akbar Khan houses several embassies and the International Security Assistance Force’s headquarters. (Photo: AA)

Kabul, 3 Muharram 1435/27 October 2014 (MINA) – Taliban fighters fired rockets in Kabul city’s Wazir Akbar Khan area Sunday that houses several embassies and high-security establishments, police said.

No casualties were reported in the incident, Anadolu Agency quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said “two rockets have hit the green zone, but there are no injuries.”

Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai confirmed the rockets caused no causalities.

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However, an Afghan official told Anadolu Agency on condition of anonymity that at least one person had sustained a minor injury and was hospitalized.

Wazir Akbar Khan houses several embassies and the International Security Assistance Force’s headquarters. Some wealthy Afghan families also live in the area.

It is a heavily-fortified zone that has been the target of several rocket attacks in the past.

In a similar incident, a rocket landed in the same area on October 24 which injured a Filipino guard. (T/P001/P3)

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Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)

source : ROKET PEJUANG SERANG KAWASAN ELIT KABUL

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