Taliban Claim Today.s Rocket Attack At Kabul Airport Was Targeting U.S. Defense Secretary Mattis

CNN: Mattis target of failed Kabul airport rocket attack, Taliban says

(CNN)Defense Secretary James Mattis was the target of a failed rocket attack near a key Afghanistan airport Wednesday, the Taliban said, though the attack occurred after he had left the airport.

Hours after Mattis landed, the rockets were fired at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport from an unknown location and landed in an open area, according to Najib Danish, spokesman for the Afghan Interior Ministry. He did not reveal how many rockets were fired.

Mattis and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had already left the airport at the time of the incident, Danish said. No one was injured.

The Taliban has claimed responsibility and said Mattis' plane was the target of the attack, the Taliban's spokesman,

Zabiullah Mujahid, tweeted.

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More News On Today.s Rocket Attack At Kabul Airport

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James Mattis Arrived in Afghanistan Hours Before Rocket Attack at Kabul Airport -- TIME
Taliban, ISIS claim Kabul airport attack during Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visit -- USA Today
Official: 5 Civilians Wounded in Attack on Kabul Airport -- US News and World Report/AP
US Defense Chief in Afghanistan for First Visit Since New Strategy Announced -- Voice of America

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