According to the media reports, A Suicide bombers struck the crowded gates of Kabul airport with at least 2 explosions, causing a bloodbath among civilians and U.S. troops and effectively shutting down the Western airlift of Afghans desperate to flee.
As per details, The Pentagon said “a number” of American service members were killed, US official said according to initial reports at least 10 had died.
There was no exact death toll, but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed dozens of bodies of people killed in tightly packed crowds outside the airport.
Some of the Western countries said the airlift of civilians was now effectively over, with the United States having sealed the gates of the airport leaving no way out for tens of thousands of Afghans who worked for the West through 2 decades of war.
According to a Taliban official said that at least 13 people including children had been killed in the attack and 52 were wounded, though it was clear from video footage that those figures were larger that informed, One surgical hospital run by an Italian charity said it alone was treating more than 60 wounded.
It must be noted that the explosions took place amid the crowds outside the airport who have been massing for days in hope of escaping in an airlift which the United States says will end by Tuesday 31th August, following the swift capture of the country by the Taliban.
On the other hand, There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts, but U.S. officials said that the Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate, ISIS-Khorosan executed the blasts.
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