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Taliban claims it targeted US defense chief's plane in attack on Kabul airport
    By Elizabeth McLaughlin
Sep 27, 2017, 9:26 AM ET

The Taliban and ISIS are both taking credit for a rocket attack on Kabul airport early Wednesday just hours after U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis landed in Afghanistan for a surprise visit.

A barrage of up to 40 rounds of munitions hit the airport, including 29 rocket-propelled grenades, according to U.S. military officials.

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