Security personnel inspect a damaged vehicle where rockets were fired from in Kabul, Afghanistan (Rahmat Gul/AP)At least three rockets hit near the presidential palace on Tuesday shortly before Afghan president Ashraf Ghani was to give an address to mark the major Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. There were no injuries and the rockets landed outside the heavily fortified palace grounds, said Mirwais Stanikzai, spokesman for the interior minister. “The Taliban have no intention and willingness for peace,” Mr Ghani said. Expand Close Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani (AP) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Afghanistan’s president Ashraf Ghani (AP)Among those freed at Hekmatyar’s request was Abdul Basir Salangi, who killed two US military personnel in 2011 in Kabul. “Pakistan does not want a Taliban regime in its homeland” but their media have been “campaigning for a Taliban regime in Afghanistan,” Ghani added.

Source: Irish Independent July 20, 2021 09:33 UTC