PIA plane escapes rocket attack at Kandahar airport

Farhan Abro January 8, 2013

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A rocket attack occurred close to the Kandahar airport while a Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight 199 traveling from Kandahar to Quetta was present on the runway.

According to Aviation officials, the rockets fell outside the premises of the Kandahar airport.

Meanwhile PIA officials confirmed that all passengers remained safe in the attack and the PIA aircraft received no damage.

Farhan Abro

Hello! My name is Farhan Abro, and I'm based here in Islamabad. My journey in Pakistan's digital media really kicked off when I founded INCPak back in 2012. We built it from the ground up, driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, to be a trusted voice for independent journalism. But while media is a big part of who I am, I'm also shaped by a fascinating mix of other passions. I'm deeply into automotive, which gives me a technical edge, but I also find my artistic expression through landscape photography and music. And I'm always diving into the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence. Bringing all these different worlds together the technical, the creative, the journalistic, and the entrepreneurial—it really colors how I see things and approach every project. It gives me a distinct perspective that I try to bring to everything I share