Barrage Of Rockets Hits Kabul's Heavily Fortified Green Zone Killing Eight

 

Al Jazeera: Twenty-three rockets hit Afghan capital Kabul, 8 civilians killed 

At least eight civilians killed in the brazen attack and dozens wounded as the Taliban denies involvement. 

A rocket barrage slammed into the heavily fortified Green Zone where many embassies and international firms are based in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killing at least eight civilians and wounding dozens more on Saturday.

Tariq Arian, spokesman for the interior ministry, said “terrorists” mounted the rockets on a small truck and set them off, adding an investigation was under way to find out how the vehicle came inside the city undetected. 

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WNU Editor: The Islamic State have claimed responsibility.

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