DHAKA: Two Taliban rockets landed inside the US embassy compound in Kabul early on Wednesday, causing no casualties but underlining Afghanistan’s continuing security problems as many foreigners in the capital marked Christmas Day.

‘At approximately 6:40 local time in Kabul, approximately two rounds of indirect fire impacted the US Embassy compound,’ a statement from the embassy said, reports TDS.

‘All Americans are accounted for and no injuries were sustained.’

BDST: 1459 HRS, DEC 24, 2013
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor