Afghanistan: IS claims missile attack in Kabul for itself

The situation in Afghanistan is getting worse.

Several missiles are fired at Kabul airport.

Ten people were killed in a US air strike - the situation in the news ticker.

• The situation in Afghanistan * is worsening.

  The Taliban * have taken control of the country.

• Several rockets will be fired on the city of Kabul on Monday morning (08/30/2021).

  The IS militia claims the missile attack for itself.

• Citizens from the USA * were not injured, said the government of Joe Biden *.

• All information and current developments, collected for you in our Afghanistan newsletter

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+++ 3.30 p.m.:

The Islamic State (IS) militia claimed the rocket attack on Kabul airport on Monday morning (see first report).

"Soldiers of the caliphate" attacked the international airport of the Afghan capital with six "Katyusha" rockets, the regional branch of the IS militia in Afghanistan (IS-Khorasan) said on the Naschir News platform.

It was also confirmed that people were injured in the attack.

At first there was no confirmation of possible victims or damage, regardless of the IS statement.

According to the radical Islamic Taliban, the missiles were destroyed by the missile defense system at the airport.

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Destroyed by a rocket attack: car in Kabul on Monday morning.

© Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi / dpa

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Pakistan is planning to set up a WHO airlift to Afghanistan.

The neighboring country of the crisis region announced this on Monday.

Mansoor Ahmad Khan, Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul, said they wanted to ship World Health Organization medical supplies to Afghanistan.

He did not say anything more specific: For example, it is still unclear when the airlift will begin.

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Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.

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Afghanistan: Maas promises further emergency aid

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Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has promised further emergency aid amounting to millions for refugees from Afghanistan. In addition to the 100 million euros already made available for aid organizations that support refugees in neighboring countries, another 500 million euros are to go to the neighboring countries affected, Maas said on Monday at a press conference with his Tajik colleague Sirojiddin Muhriddin in the capital, Dushanbe.

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The airlift from Kabul, organized by the federal government, brought 138 local workers to Germany as well as their family members, according to preliminary information.

A total of 634 people from this group were flown out, said a spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior in Berlin on Monday.

He pointed out that the number of requests for help only increased significantly after the start of the airlift - to at least 40,000 people.

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138 local workers have been brought to Germany by the Bundeswehr since the airlift began.

© Aamir Qureshi / AFP

+++ 10.45 a.m.:

Again there was a birth on an evacuation flight from Afghanistan.

Turkish Airlines announced on Monday that a 26-year-old woman gave birth to her child en route to the UK.

Since there was no doctor on board, the on-board crew acted as obstetricians without further ado.

According to the airline, labor began to go into labor via Kuwait.

Mother and daughter are probably up after the birth, as it was said.

A week earlier, a birth had occurred in an evacuation plane on board a US plane.

+++ 10.25 a.m.:

At least ten civilians are said to have been killed in a US air strike in the Afghan capital Kabul over the weekend.

The local TV station Tolo News reported on Monday.

Among the dead in the attack on Sunday (August 29, 2021) are children, residents told the TV station. 

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The US air strike appears to have killed ten civilians.

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The US military announced on Sunday that it was investigating reports of possible civilian casualties after the air strike on a car belonging to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The operation successfully averted an "immediate threat" to Kabul airport from the terrorists, and the results of the air strike are still being examined, according to a statement from the US command center for the region (Centcom). "A large amount of explosives" were found in the destroyed vehicle, "which may have led to further victims," ​​it said. “It is not clear what could have happened and we are still investigating. We would be very sad about the possible death of innocent people, "said the military's statement. 

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The five rocket attacks in Kabul apparently occurred from a car. This is reported by the local TV station Tolo News. As the TV broadcaster CNN reported in the morning, the missile defense system was activated in time, which destroyed the flying objects.

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Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has spoken out in favor of talks with China and Russia about the crisis in Afghanistan.

There are efforts to "bring all the important international players to one table, and it will be important to have Russia and China with them," said Maas on Monday during a visit to the Uzbek capital Tashkent.

In this context, he referred to the ongoing talks on a UN Security Council resolution on Afghanistan.

There it will show whether there is a willingness to cooperate in Moscow and Beijing.

Afghanistan live: Foreign Minister Maas wants to consult with China and Russia

Alongside the USA, France and Great Britain, China and Russia are among the five permanent members of the Security Council, which is the most important body of the United Nations.

Unlike the western states, the two countries are still represented with embassies in Kabul even after the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan.

According to Maas, an Afghanistan conference of the neighboring countries is also planned.

In addition to Uzbekistan, this also includes Tajikistan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Iran and China.

+++ 8.10 a.m.:

According to numerous reports, renewed rocket attacks on the Kabul region occurred on Monday morning.

International observers reported rising smoke near the airport.

The area of ​​Chaerhanah in the north of the city was apparently the target of the rocket attacks, as reported by the US broadcaster CNN.

Afghanistan live: Rocket attacks on Kabul - Joe Biden wants to "double efforts"

The Reuters news agency reports five missile attacks, which, however, were repulsed by the missile defense program.

Jen Psaki, White House spokeswoman, said Monday morning that Joe Biden was already informed of the situation.

Biden had instructed the US commanders on the ground "to redouble their efforts to do everything necessary to protect our armed forces on the ground," said government spokeswoman Psaki.

The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is planned for Tuesday (see update from 6.40 a.m.).

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Taliban fighters on the streets of Kabul.

© Aamir Qureshi / AFP

First report from Monday, 08/30/2021, 6.40 a.m .:

Kabul - One day after a US drone attack on a car loaded with explosives, rockets were fired at the airport in Kabul on Monday morning (08/30/2021). Employees of the AFP news agency heard the sound of bullets over the city in Afghanistan. Smoke rose near the airport.

At first it was unclear where the rockets had landed and what their aim was.

A missile defense system intercepted the projectiles, a US official reported to the Reuters news agency.

A total of five rockets were fired.

It wasn't immediately clear whether everyone was being intercepted.

Initial reports from Afghanistan indicated that no US citizen was injured.

However, this information is not secured and could change, it said.

Afghanistan: rockets fired at Kabul airport - videos exposed

According to eyewitnesses, the rockets were shot down from the Khairhanah area in the north of the city, reports the local TV station ToloNews.

Videos were shared on social media allegedly showing a burning car from which the rockets were fired.

In the past, the terrorist militia “Islamic State” had repeatedly attacked various targets in Kabul with rockets.

The US * will complete its final troop withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday.

The US armed forces will leave the country on Tuesday (September 1st, 2021) after 20 years.

With the withdrawal, the airlift to fly people out of Afghanistan and protect them from the Taliban also ends.

About 114,000 people have been evacuated from Afghanistan since August 15.

The risk of terrorist attacks had increased massively in the past few days.

More than 100 people were killed in a suicide bombing last week at Kabul airport.

13 US soldiers were among the victims.

It was only on Sunday (August 29, 2021) that the US army thwarted another attack on Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

According to the Pentagon, a US drone destroyed a car loaded with explosives.

(jfw / tu with AFP / dpa)

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