Rockets strike downtown Kabul, no casualties reported

Alarms were followed by several loud explosions


Reuters October 21, 2017
Representative image. Dust rises from the site of a rocket strike at a range where Afghan troops practiced coordinating air strikes during an exercise outside Kabul, Afghanistan, October 18, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS/Josh Smith

KABUL: As many as two rockets landed near the international military headquarters in downtown Kabul early on Saturday morning, Afghan security officials said.

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There were no reports of casualties. At around 6 am (01:30 am GMT) alarms could be heard sounding at the headquarters of the NATO-led military mission, as well as at several foreign embassies in the area. The alarms were followed by several loud explosions.

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