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Islamic State claimed responsibility for several explosions that targeted the area in and around Kabul airport on Wednesday hours after U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in the Afghan capital, the group’s AMAQ news agency said.
The news agency said “infiltrators” used SPG-9 rockets and mortars for the attack.
There were no reports of casualties or damage and Mattis was not near the airport when the rockets hit.
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Reporting for Galaxy TV from Lagos and Abuja, covering energy and national affairs across Nigeria and West Africa
The death toll from a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei area between Sudan and South Sudan has risen to 153, with more casualties feared, local authorities said on Wednesday.
Senior officials from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are meeting in Tehran in an attempt to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran in war, Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported.
No fewer than 13 people have been killed and 34 others injured after a large truck collided with a tour bus on a highway west of Cairo, Egypt, on Tuesday. The crash occurred on the Cairo-Asyut Western Desert Road.
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