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| At least five rockets have been fired into the Afghan capital, Kabul, injuring a child and causing some damage, Afghan officials say. | At least five rockets have been fired into the Afghan capital, Kabul, injuring a child and causing some damage, Afghan officials say. |
| One of the rockets landed in the city's diplomatic area near the US embassy, they say. | One of the rockets landed in the city's diplomatic area near the US embassy, they say. |
| Insurgent attacks have increased in the run-up to the presidential election in Afghanistan on 20 August. | Insurgent attacks have increased in the run-up to the presidential election in Afghanistan on 20 August. |
| A bomb attack in the western Afghan city of Herat on Sunday killed at least 12 people and injured at least 20. | A bomb attack in the western Afghan city of Herat on Sunday killed at least 12 people and injured at least 20. |
| Tuesday morning's rocket attacks took place near the east of the city, towards the international airport and near some residential neighbourhoods, a report said. | |
| 'Morale is high' | |
| "It was very loud, just as we were praying," said Kabul resident Ismail Khan. | |
| Another eyewitness Abdul Wali Zai said since the attacks took place early in the morning when the streets were empty, there had been no casualties. | |
| He said that the attacks would not affect the city's residents ahead of the elections. | |
| "Our morale is very high because it is close to the election," Mr Wali Zai said. | |
| Although nobody claimed responsibility for the attacks, Kabul's deputy police chief, Mohammad Khalil Dastyar, blamed Taliban fighters. | |
| "They're just trying to sabotage and create tension in Kabul," Mr Dastyar told the Associated Press news agency. | |
| An officer of the Afghan national army said that the rockets were of the long-range variety and can be fired from portable rocket launchers several miles from their target. | |
| "The capital is closely guarded. They had to fire from far away," Major Ghulam Rasul said. | |
| The attacks come a day after the attack in Herat targeted a police convoy, killing and wounding both police and civilians. | |
| The attacks came after the Taliban had explicitly threatened to disrupt the upcoming presidential election. | The attacks came after the Taliban had explicitly threatened to disrupt the upcoming presidential election. |