The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport just hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis arrived in Afghanistan's capital. (Storyful via TOLO News)The Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport just hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis arrived in Afghanistan's capital. (Storyful via TOLO News)A string of rocket attacks targeted Kabul’s international airport for hours Wednesday as Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and the NATO secretary general held talks with Afghan officials in the capital, authorities said. The Interior Ministry said one Afghan civilian was killed and at least 11 others were injured after one of the rockets hit a house near the combined civil and military airport. Rockets were launched at Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport just hours after U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis landed.

Source: Washington Post September 27, 2017 13:09 UTC