Five rockets fired at Kabul airport, intercepted by defence system: Report

This comes as the US is nearing the final days of withdrawal of American troops from the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

The rockets were fired from the Khabarkhaneh Lab area early on Monday as a US government official said that it was unclear whether all were brought down by the defence system.

Reportedly, one rocket hit a residential house.

As per initial reports, no casualties were reported, however, the US official said that the information could change.

Amid US troops' withdrawal, there are increasing concerns of threats from Islamic State militants on the Kabul airport, increasing the risk for Afghan nationals and American troops.

Earlier on Thursday, a suicide bomb attack at the Kabul international airport killed scores of Afghans and 13 US service members.

In retaliation, the US had installed missile defence system to intercept rockets as America has experience in countering such rockets, primarily in Iraq.

"We know that they (ISIS-K) would like to lob a rocket in there if they could," head of US Central Command, General Frank McKenzie said last week, adding, "Now we actually have pretty good protection against that. We have our anti-rocket and mortar system."