'Three die' in Kabul rocket blast

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A rocket attack on the Afghan capital Kabul has killed three civilians, a senior police official says.

The rocket hit a house in the western part of the capital, killing three members of a family, including a young girl, the investigator said.

Two other children - members of the same family - were reportedly wounded.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the attack. During August suspected Taliban militants fired a series of rockets into the city.

Two people were injured but there were no deaths in the attacks last month.

The head of Kabul's criminal investigations unit said that in the latest incident a rocket was fired overnight from a district outside Kabul.

There were no military or government targets in the area where the rocket landed, he said.

Taliban militants have fired rockets into the Afghan capital in the past, but they rarely cause casualties.