Rocket targets U.S troops as Afghanistan withdrawal enters final stage

Several rockets have been fired at Kabul’s airport early on Monday, before the deadline for the US troops to pull out of Afghanistan ends.

US official said, the White House, which confirmed the attack, said that evacuation operations at the airport were not interrupted, some of the rockets were intercepted by a missile defence system.

The US said it had wanted to take out suicide bombers in the latest drone attack in Kabul, several children were killed in the incident that destroyed a car laden with explosives.

The UN refugee agency UNHCR said, “As evacuations from Kabul wind down in coming days, a larger crisis is just beginning in Afghanistan and for its 39 million people.”

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, reiterated a call for borders to remain open and for more countries to share humanitarian responsibility with Iran and Pakistan which already host 2.2 million Afghans.

“The airlifts out of Kabul will end soon, and the tragedy that has unfolded will no longer be as visible.

“But it will still be a daily reality for millions of Afghans. We must not turn away. A far greater humanitarian crisis is just beginning,” Grandi ssaid.

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