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Kabul Airport Blasts Underscore 'Volatility' in Afghanistan, UN Says
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August 26, 2021
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Aug 26, 20211:08Now PlayingTwo suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
Russian officials said at least 13 people were killed and 15 wounded. A U.S. official said the complex attack was "definitely believed" to have been carried out by the Islamic State group, whose affiliate in Afghanistan grew out of disaffected Taliban members who hold an even more extreme view of Islam.
The Spokesperson United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the U.N. is following the situation closely.
"He (Guterres) condemns this terrorist attack which killed and injured a number of civilians and extends his deep condolences to the families of those killed," said Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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