KABUL: An American airstrike on insurgents in Kabul Wednesday caused “several casualties” after a missile “malfunctioned“, NATO said, overshadowing a high-profile visit by US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg. Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of an attack and gun fire between insurgents and Afghan forces in Kabul. His unannounced visit came as the country’s beleaguered security forces struggle to beat back the Taliban, which has been on the offensive since US-led NATO combat troops withdrew at the end of 2014. Afghan security officials secure the scene after six rockets were fired near Kabul airport following the arrival of US Defense Secretary General James Mattis and NATO's Jens Stoltenberg in Kabul, Afghanistan. Wednesday’s succession of rocket attacks in Kabul did not alter Mattis’s movements, and he later flew to Forward Operating Base Gamberi east of Kabul, where he spoke to US troops who are training Afghan security forces.

Source: New Strait Times September 27, 2017 19:30 UTC