Rocket Lands Near 🇦🇫Kabul Airport After 🇺🇸Mattis Arrives

"A rocket landed near the airport this morning. No casualties reported," interior ministry spokesman Najib Danish said in a tweet. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.

Mattis arrived in Afghanistan, the first member of Donald Trump’s cabinet to visit the war-torn country since he pledged to stay the course in America’s longest war.

The unannounced high-level visit comes as Afghanistan's beleaguered security forces struggle to beat back the Taliban, which has been on the offensive since the withdrawal of US-led NATO combat troops at the end of 2014.

Mattis, along with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, will meet President Ashraf Ghani and other top officials to discuss the US-led NATO "train and assist" mission designed to strengthen Afghanistan's military so it can defend the country on its own.

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