An explosion went off Thursday outside Kabul’s airport, where thousands of people have flocked as they try to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Western nations had warned of a possible attack there in the waning days of a massive airlift.
Images from the ground in Kabul show the scene near the Hamid Karzai International Airport, where at least two explosions took place near the Abbey Gate, according to the Pentagon.
The Pentagon confirmed a “complex attack” resulted in “a number” of US and civilian casualties.
One explosion took place at the Abbey Gate and another “at or near” the Baron Hotel, a short distance from Abbey Gate.
At least three U.S. Troops were injured.
Several countries urged people to avoid the airport earlier in the day, with one saying there was a threat of a suicide bombing. But just days — or even hours for some nations — before the evacuation effort ends, few appeared to heed the call.
Over the last week, the airport has been the scene of some of the most searing images of the chaotic end of America’s longest war and the Taliban’s takeover, as flight after flight took off carrying those who fear a return to the militants’ brutal rule.
Already, some countries have ended their evacuations and begun to withdraw their soldiers and diplomats, signaling the beginning of the end of one of history’s largest airlifts. The Taliban have pledged not to attack Western forces during the evacuation, but insist the foreign troops must be out by America’s self-imposed deadline of Aug. 31.
for all the liberals thanks for voting for this terrible person
Impeach Biden
No mention of who’s responsible for “the chaotic end of America’s longest war and the Taliban’s takeover.” Something about “America’s self-imposed deadline,” but nothing about who imposed it. Why, you might almost conclude from this article that the president of the United States has disappeared off the face of the earth!
Obnoxious people that only criticize others but not their own. Go start your own country with sleepy joe
Hey, where did all the happy Biden supporters go? The ones that keep crowding the comments here all the time
it’s not so much that they like Biden, it’s that they like to pretend that they’re somehow a cut above the rest of those “commoners” who support Trump. Same principle as why they keep on bleating about the vaccine: it allows them to dress up their yeshus as something better and greater.