Taliban rockets strike Kandahar airfield in Afghanistan, flights suspended



KABUL:

Taliban fighters struck Kandahar airfield in southern Afghanistan with during slightest 3 rockets overnight, a mutinous group’s orator pronounced on Sunday, adding that a aim was to frustrate atmosphere strikes conducted by Afghan supervision forces.

“Kandahar airfield was targeted by us since a rivalry were regulating it as a centre to control atmosphere strikes opposite us,” Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesperson, told Reuters.

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Afghan supervision officials pronounced a rocket attacks forced authorities to postpone all flights and that a runway was partially damaged. There were no evident reports of casualties, a officials said.