Ban Ki-moon's plane diverted due to rocket fire

Rocket fire prevented a plane carrying UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Sweden’s foreign minister from landing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, officials said today.

Ban Ki-moon's plane diverted due to rocket fire
Tue, 20 Jul, 2010 - 10:36

Rocket fire prevented a plane carrying UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon and Sweden’s foreign minister from landing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan, officials said today.

The news was first reported on Swedish Foreign Affairs Minister Carl Bildt’s blog and confirmed by the Swedish Foreign Ministry.

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