Afghan police: Rocket hits near Kabul airport, kills child

An Afghan police chief says a rocket has struck a neighbourhood northwest of Kabul’s worldwide airport amid the US evacuation there, killing a toddler. Rashid, the Kabul police chief who goes by one title, says the rocket struck Sunday afternoon.

No group instantly claimed the assault.

The rocket fireplace comes as america winds down a historic airlift that noticed tens of 1000’s evacuated from Kabul’s worldwide airport, the scene of a lot of the chaos that engulfed the Afghan capital for the reason that Taliban took over two weeks in the past.

After an Islamic State affiliate’s suicide assault that killed over 180 individuals, the Taliban elevated its safety across the airfield as Britain ended its evacuation flights Saturday.