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Global Headlines Afghanistan: Rockets land close to Presidential palace in Kabul
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 20 Jul 2021, 05:38 am Print
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Kabul: Afghanistan capital Kabul city was rocked by three rockets as they landed in PD one and PD two when country's president Ashraf Ghani was busy performing Eid-l-Adha prayer along with officials and politicians in the Presidential palace on Tuesday, media reports said.
The prayer event was not disrupted.
Deputy spokesperson of Ministry of Interior Hamid Roshan confirmed to Khaama Press the incident and reported no casualty.
The rockets were set in auto and were launched from PD4 of the city, Hamid Roshan added.
No group claimed responsibility for the incident so far.
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