Rockets strike Kabul as delegates meet
( 2003-12-22 11:15) (Agencies)
Two rockets slammed into the
Afghan capital Sunday night as delegates gathered in the city for a grand
council to adopt a new constitution.
There were no injuries although one of the rockets struck a house, damaging
its roof and windows, about four miles from the college campus where delegates
were in the eighth day of the council, or loya jirga, said Kabul deputy police
chief Gen. Matyullah Rahmani.
Authorities expected militants from the former Taliban regime to try to
disrupt the council, which has brought together 500 delegates to debate the
constitution.
The rocket attacks were being investigated, said Lt. Col. Joerg Langer, a
spokesman for the city's 5,500-strong NATO-led peacekeeping force.
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