The United States said Sunday it had destroyed an explosive-laden vehicle in an air strike, thwarting a bid by the Islamic State to detonate a car bomb at Kabul airport. "The rocket came and hit the car full of kids inside our house," said Aimal Ahmadi, Ezmarai's brother. Aimal said 10 members of the family died in the air strike -- including his own daughter and five other children. "We are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul," Captain Bill Urban, a US military spokesman, said in a statement. "All the children were killed inside the car, the adults were killed just outside.

Source: Bangkok Post August 30, 2021 19:30 UTC