AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): At least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, an official told AFP on Sunday.
"Last night three rockets were fired at the airport and two of them hit the runway... Due to this all flights from the airport have been cancelled," airport chief Massoud Pashtun told AFP.
Pashtun said work to repair the runway was underway and expected the airport to be operational later on Sunday.
An official at the civil aviation authority in Kabul confirmed the rocket attack.
The Taliban have for weeks launched withering assaults on the outskirts of Kandahar, stirring fears that the insurgents were on the verge of capturing the provincial capital.
Kandahar's air base is vital to providing the logistics and air support needed to keep the militants from overrunning Afghanistan's second-biggest city.
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source : NDTV, AFP
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1 August 2021
6:55:47 AM
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At least three rockets struck Kandahar airport in southern Afghanistan overnight, an official told AFP on Sunday.