US Defence Secretary was target; 20 to 30 rockets fired at Kabul airport

Just hours after US Defence Secretary James Mattis landed in the Afghan capital around 20 to 30 rockets have been fired at Kabul airport reportedly. Both ISIS and Taliban reportedly took credit for the attack and said that the target was US Defence Secretary James Mattis .

The Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan was today attacked with rocket fire and no casualties have been reported.

However, Reuters reported separately the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the attack. Reuters quoted ISIS's news agency, Amaq, to say that "infiltrators" used SPG-9 rockets and mortars for the attack.

The attack began around 11.15 am and all flights were cancelled due to the attack. Mattis who was in India on tuesday landed in Afghanistan with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg without pre announcement.

Mattis and Stoltenberg met with General John Nicholson, the US commander in Afghanistan. Mattis later met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.