All militants who were involved in a major rocket attack on the presidential palace in Kabul have likely been eliminated, local media reported Tuesday, citing the Afghan Ministry of Interior.
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 21st August, 2018) All militants who were involved in a major rocket attack on the presidential palace in Kabul have likely been eliminated, local media reported Tuesday, citing the Afghan Ministry of Interior.
Earlier in the day, Afghan media reported that the Taliban fired up to 22 rockets in Kabul during President Ashraf Ghani's Eid al-Adha speech at a ceremony in the presidential palace. Preliminary information suggested that two militants were killed in clashes with the army. Following the attack, military helicopters launched strikes at a hideout of the radical movement.
The ministrys spokesman, Najib Danish, said that the attack was apparently conducted by three militants, according to Khaama Press agency.
Danish also noted that two security personnel were injured during clashes with the attackers.
No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack yet.
The escalation in Kabul came just two days after Ghani announced a ceasefire with the Taliban timed to the Eid al-Adha Muslim holiday. Ghani said that the truce would be in place only if the militants stuck to it and ceased hostilities. The Taliban, however, reportedly refused to declare a ceasefire.
