Afghanistan: New rocket attacks on Kabul - Joe Biden reacts

The situation in Afghanistan is getting worse.

Several rockets were apparently fired at the Kabul region - the situation in the news ticker.

• The situation in Afghanistan * is worsening.

  The Taliban * have taken control of the country.

• After the terrorist attacks by IS last week, several rockets were probably fired on the city of Kabul on Monday morning (08/30/2021).

• 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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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.

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Afghanistan: Smoke rises over Kabul airport after the fatal suicide bombing.

© Wali Sabawoon / dpa

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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