Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind downTaliban fighters in KabulKABUL: Rockets flew across the Afghan capital on Monday as the United States raced to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, with the evacuation of civilians all but over and terror attack fears high. Those flights, which took more than 114,000 people out of Kabul airport, will officially end on Tuesday when the last of the thousands of American troops pull out. Biden had warned more attacks were highly likely, and the United States said it carried out an air strike on Sunday night in Kabul on an explosives-laden vehicle. That was followed on Monday morning by the sound of rockets flying across Kabul, according to AFP journalists in the city. He has been living there from the very beginning," said Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid.

Source: Bangkok Post August 30, 2021 03:00 UTC