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At Least 13 Dead, 15 Injured in Twin Explosions Outside Kabul Airport
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Aug 26, 20212:49Now PlayingTwo explosions outside Kabul’s international airport caused an unknown number of casualties and deaths less than a week before U.S. forces are due to depart.
“A number of US & civilian casualties” were caused by one blast outside the Abbey Gate used by people seeking to flee Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
He called it a “complex attack” and it came after U.S. and NATO officials warned their citizens to avoid heading toward the airport. Al Jazeera said at least 10 people were killed, citing a Taliban security official, and that Taliban guards were wounded in the blasts.
The blast occurred around the time President Joe Biden was scheduled to meet with his national security team about the situation in Afghanistan. He has since been briefed in the White House Situation Room, according to an official.
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