Kabul Airport Operations Uninterrupted by Rocket Attack: White House

Kabul Airport Operations Uninterrupted by Rocket Attack: White House
Afghan people queue up to board a U.S. military aircraft to leave Afghanistan at the military airport in Kabul on Aug. 19, 2021, after the Taliban's takeover of Kabul. Shakib Rahmani/AFP via Getty Images
Melanie Sun
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The White House said early Monday morning that operations at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport are continuing uninterrupted, amid reports of multiple rockets being fired at the airport.

According to Reuters, a U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that as many as five rockets were intercepted by U.S. missile defense systems.

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