The Taliban claimed responsibility for the rocket attack Wednesday that struck an airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, and said the target was Defense Secretary James Mattis.
Zabiullah Mujahid, the Taliban’s spokesman, tweeted that Mattis’ plane was the target of the attack, though the assault occurred hours after the Pentagon chief left Hamid Karzai International Airport, CNN reports.
During the attack, up to 40 rounds of munitions, including 29 rocket-propelled grenades, hit the airport. Mattis said that the Taliban was trying to make a statement and declared “an attack on an airport anywhere in the world is a criminal act by terrorists.”
“It’s designed to go after generally innocent people to make some sort of statement,” Mattis said. “This is a classic definition of what the Taliban are up to right now.” – READ MORE
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