An explosion occurred in Kabul. Presumably, the rocket hit a residential building

An explosion occurred near the Kabul airport, media reported AFP journalists and local .

The Asvaka agency reports , citing eyewitnesses, that the rocket hit a residential building. An Afghan security official also told AFP that it was believed the missile hit the building.

The media reported two dead and three injured in the explosion. Asvaka, citing witnesses, reports that women and children are among the victims. According to the head of the Afghan police, reports Al Jazeera, a child died . Afghanistan Times writes that at least six civilians were killed and several others were injured.

Reuters, citing sources, writes that the US attacked Kabul.

UPDATED
18:03 The representative of the US Department of Defense, according to CNN, confirmed that the United States launched an airstrike on Kabul. According to him, the target was a car in which there was a large amount of explosives.

According to US Central Command spokesman Bill Urban, the US is confident that it has successfully hit the target, as "significant secondary explosions" indicate the presence of a large amount of explosives.

According to preliminary US data, there were no civilian casualties. The Afghanistan Times reported that a suicide bomber was killed in the US airstrike.

On the evening of August 26, a terrorist attack occurred near Kabul Airport. According to media reports, the first explosion was allegedly committed by a suicide bomber, the second thundered because of a car bomb. The WSJ reported about 200 dead, most of them Afghans. The explosions also killed 13 US military personnel, including ten Marines. The British Foreign Secretary announced three British dead, including a child. ISIS claimed responsibility for the incident (the organization was recognized as a terrorist organization and banned in the Russian Federation).

After that, US President Joe Biden gave the order to strike at the leaders and objects of the group. The United States reported on the strike on one of the militants of the group "Islamic State in Khorasan" (an offshoot of ISIS) in the province of Nangarhar in eastern Afghanistan. Later, the Pentagon reported the killing of two more militants.