Thwarted attack comes after reports of civilian deaths following drone strikes by the US in the Afghan capital
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Mexico received 86 media workers and their family members from Afghanistan on Sunday, the Mexican government said, as more people flee the country after the Taliban militant group’s takeover earlier this month.
Most of the people who arrived with the latest flight worked for The Wall Street Journal in Afghanistan, the government said in a statement.
More on those rocket attacks on Kabul early Monday morning. From agencies in the Afghan capital:
Several rockets were fired at Kabul’s airport on Monday, witnesses and security sources said, less than 48 hours before the United States is due to complete its troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.
