Rockets fired toward site of national assembly

Afghan authorities say insurgents fired two rockets that landed as close as one kilometer from the site where more than 2,000 Afghan elders are attending a national assembly in Kabul.

Afghan authorities say insurgents fired two rockets that landed as close as one kilometer from the site where more than 2,000 Afghan elders are attending a national assembly in Kabul.

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The Afghan ministry of Interior says the two rockets were fired from an unknown location at about 8 am on Thursday.

Kabul police criminal director Mohammad Zahir says one rocket landed near a police station, injuring one person.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke Wednesday on the opening day of the assembly — called a loya jirga — where the elders are considering the terms of the future US presence in their country.