5 of a family wounded in Kabul rocket attack as Taliban claims Mattis was the target

AVA- According to the Ministry of Interior (MoI) officials, the attack was launched at around 11:10 am local time.

MoI spokeman Najib Danish said one of the rockets landed on a residential house in Paktia Kot located in the 9th police district of the city.

He said at least five members of the family were wounded in the attack and the health condition of a woman has been reported as critical.

The attack was launched by the militants who had taken position inside a residential house.

According to the eyewitnesses, several rockets landed close to the Kabul airport and the military section of the airport.

The Taliban militants group claimed responsibility behind the attack and said the target was the US Secretary of Defense James Mattis.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid claimed that several people were killed or wounded in the attack.

In the meantime, the loyalists of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group have claimed responsibility behind the attack.