The American air defense system (AA) intercepted five missiles fired at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. This is reported by Reuters, citing a US official, whose identity the agency did not disclose.
The missiles were fired on the morning of August 30, the official said, but it remains unclear if all of the missiles were shot down. There are no data on casualties among US troops yet, he added.
US President Joe Biden was notified of the missile attack on the airport, Bloomberg later reported, citing a White House message. It does not say that the missiles were intercepted by the air defense system, but the president's security adviser Jake Sullivan and the White House chief of staff Ron Klein told the president that there were no disruptions to the airport.
On August 26, an explosion occurred near the Kabul airport. As a result, 13 American troops and dozens of Afghans were killed. The terrorist organization Islamic State (IS, banned in Russia) claimed responsibility for the explosion.
Then Biden said that those responsible would pay for the attack. He instructed the Pentagon to develop a plan to retaliate against the militants who exploded.
On the night of August 28, the United States launched an airstrike with a drone in the province of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan. Major General William Taylor, deputy director for regional operations and force control of the Joint Staff, said at a Pentagon briefing that the operation had killed two IS leaders.
After that, on August 29, an American drone struck the car, which, according to the Pentagon, was mined. The US military pointed out that the car was left by IS militants, and attributed the attack to the threat of a new explosion at the Kabul airport.
Killed in Kabul after hit by an American drone
nine people, including six children, told CNN, citing a relative of the victims.
On the same day, an explosion thundered again near the Kabul airport. As the Asvaka agency wrote, the rocket hit a residential building, as a result of which two people were killed and three were injured. Afghan police said the rocket fell in the vicinity of Kabul airport, killing one child, the Associated Press reported.
