KABUL:  One person killied in  a series of rockets struck the Afghan capital on Saturday. This is the second such attack to rock Kabul within duration of a month. Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told reporters,  "Four rockets were fired from the Labe Jar neighbourhood of Kabul," adding that two landed near Kabul airport. He said one person was killed and another wounded.

According to the police of Kabul,the early morning attack, saying most of the rockets struck the eastern part of the capital. Eight people were killed when 23 rockets hit Kabul in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group on November 21.The ISIL affiliate also claimed two deadly assaults in Kabul that targeted educational centres, including one on Kabul University that saw gunmen spraying classrooms with bullets.

The cases of violence has increased across Afghanistan in recent months, with several deadly attacks carried out in Kabul, despite the Taliban and the government engaging in peace talks since September 12 in Qatar. In the past six months, the Taliban has carried out 53 suicide attacks and 1,250 bombings that killed 1,210 civilians and wounded 2,500 others.

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