Rocket kills 3 civilians in Afghanistan

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Afghan police say a rocket has hit a house in the capital Kabul, killing 3 people as they slept. The rocket was fired on Monday from a district outside Kabul and landed on the house in the western part of the city.

A father, mother and young girl were killed and two children aged five and seven injured. The Afghan government blames insurgents. The head of Kabul's criminal investigations unit says there was no military or government target in the area.

Taliban insurgents have been gaining strength in Afghanistan and targeting foreign troops, but heavy artillery attacks are relatively rare in the capital.