Suspected Taliban militants fired seven rockets at the Afghan capital in a pre-dawn attack on Tuesday, police said, injuring a child and causing some damage, Reuters reported.
Senior police officer Saeed Ghafar said one rocket landed in the Wazir Akbar Khan diplomatic area, home to various embassies as well as the NATO-led force headquarters in Afghanistan, while the rest landed elsewhere in Kabul.
The Taliban have stepped up attacks in the country ahead of elections scheduled for Aug. 20, but the violence has mostly been kept out of the capital.
Residents said Tuesday's rocket attack was the biggest for several years.
A roadside bomb attack claimed by the Taliban killed at least 12 people in western Afghanistan on Monday after a bloody weekend in which 9 foreign troops were killed.
The Taliban have vowed to disrupt the election and have called on Afghans to boycott the ballot, the second direct presidential poll since the Islamists were toppled in 2001.