An explosion due to rocket fire was heard Sunday in Kabul, initially raising fears of a new attack, three days after a deadly attack at the airport in the Afghan capital where Westerners are completing their evacuation operations.
The explosion, heard by AFP journalists, was caused by a rocket fire which "
according to initial information hit a house
", according to an official of the former government overthrown two weeks ago by the Taliban.
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As night fell on Thursday, a suicide bombing attack claimed by the Islamic State group in Khorasan (EI-K), rival of the Taliban's new power, had turned into a bloodbath, killing more than a hundred people, most of them Afghans massed in front of the airport in the hope of fleeing the Taliban, as well as 13 American soldiers.
On Saturday, US President Joe Biden warned that a new imminent attack was "very likely" in this area, a few days before the planned withdrawal of his troops from the country, synonymous with the departure of the West on August 31.
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The Taliban suddenly regained power on August 15, entering Kabul without a fight after the debacle of the Afghan army, long supported by the Americans and their allies before they began to withdraw. Since then, more than 110,000 people have left the country aboard the noria of planes chartered in particular by Westerners who follow one another on the tarmac.
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