Last night the Taliban launched a series of rocket attacks on Kabul. It seems that the main target was the Kabul Airport, but one of the rockets landed about four blocks from my house in Wazir Akbar Khan. It's not clear whether the rocket in Wazir was intentional, or if it strayed off course, but the area hosts a multitude of foreign embassies and international organizations and would make an appropriate target.
After the initial blast in my neighborhood woke me up, I could hear the rest of the rockets landing several kilometers away close to the airport. When the rockets ceased what sounded like a small gunfight began, lasting for about five minutes. Most likely, the security guards and Afghan Police in the area were blindly shooting toward where they thought the rockets were launched from.
The BBC has already reported on the incident. Here is the story.
Thanks for posting, Ali. I woke up to this news this morning and was worried about you.
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