Islamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Kabul airport
Add BT as a preferred source[CAIRO] THE Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on Kabul airport on Monday, the group's Nasher News said on its Telegram channel.
"By the grace of God Almighty, the soldiers of the Caliphate targeted Kabul International Airport with six Katyusha rockets," it said.
US anti-missile defences intercepted as many as five rockets fired at the airport early on Monday, a US official said.
US President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday to withdraw all US forces from Afghanistan, drawing to a close his nation's longest military conflict, which began in retaliation for the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.
The Islamic State, rivals of the Taleban, pose the biggest threat to the withdrawal, having carried out a suicide bombing outside the airport late last week that claimed more than 100 lives, including those of 13 US troops.
The United States announced that it had carried out an air strike on Sunday night in Kabul on an IS-prepared car bomb.
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