As many as five rockets were fired towards the Hamid Karzai International airport in Kabul on Monday morning and were repelled by the air defense system installed at the airport, reports said. The rockets were fired from a vehicle near the Khorshid Private University near the Lab Jar Khairkhana crossroads, towards Kabul airport.

Meanwhile, the Taliban want to maintain Afghanistan's trade, economic and political relations with India, senior leader of the outfit Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai has said while describing it as an important country in the region.