Taliban claims responsibility for Kabul airport attack

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Wed, 27 Sep 2017 - 02:18 GMT

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Afghan security forces investigate at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan December 28, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

Afghan security forces investigate at the site of a suicide bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan December 28, 2015. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

KABUL – 27 September 2017:The Taliban claimed responsibility Wednesday for a rocket attack on Kabul's international airport and said it targeted US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who is making an unannounced visit to Afghanistan, ABC news reported.

Missiles hit the Hamid Karzai International Airport hours after Mattis and Jens Stoltenberg, the NATO secretary-general, arrived in Kabul for talks with Afghan officials and to meet US forces.

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