Rockets strike Kabul as Afghan president speaks at Eid prayer ceremony

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Several explosions were heard in Kabul's diplomatic district
  • Insurgents launched numerous rockets: Report
  • Security personnel killed two of them: Report
Rockets strike Kabul as Afghan president speaks at Eid prayer ceremony
This comes two days after Afghan president Ashraf Ghani (in poster) declared a "conditional ceasefire" with the Taliban. (File photo: Reuters)

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Several explosions were heard in Kabul's diplomatic district
  • Insurgents launched numerous rockets: Report
  • Security personnel killed two of them: Report

Multiple rockets hit Afghanistan's capital Kabul today while President Ashraf Ghani spoke at at an Eid prayer ceremony, two days after he declared a "conditional ceasefire" with the Taliban.

Several explosions were heard in Kabul's diplomatic district, Reuters reported.

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TOLO news reported, citing a security source, that insurgents "launched numerous rockets from the Eidgah mosque area in Kabul city and fired on the Presidential Palace."

It said security personnel killed two of the insurgents, and that clashes were "ongoing".

This is a developing story, and will be updated.

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