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Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to journalists that the strike happened Sunday.
US military officials could not be immediately reached for comment.
The incident happened as police said a rocket struck a neighbourhood just northwest of Kabul”s international airport Sunday as the US evacuation there winds down following the Taliban”s lightning takeover of the country, killing a child. The two strikes initially appeared to be separate incidents, though information on both remained scarce.