Biden says the US will ‘hunt down’ Islamic State leaders responsible; IS claims responsibility for bomb explosions at Kabul airport’s Abbey gate
- Civilians and soldiers dead after two suicide bombs strike Kabul airport
- Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul airport blasts
- Boris Johnson: UK will continue with final stages of Kabul airlift
- Attempt to evacuate Afghans who guarded British embassy fails
- ‘It was like doomsday’: wait at Kabul airport descends into terror
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US secretary of state Anthony Blinken has released a statement on the bombings, calling them “a devastating reminder of the dangerous conditions in which our servicemembers and diplomats are operating as we conclude the United States’ 20-year military mission in Afghanistan.”
The statement says that 100,000 people have now been evacuated from Kabul.
.@SecBlinken statement on the terrorist attacks in Kabul pic.twitter.com/lNQyx38lLk
In case you’re just joining us, here is what we know so far about Islamic State’s affiliate in Afghanistan – Islamic State Khorasan Province – claiming responsibility for the attack outside the Kabul airport.
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday, killing at least 60 Afghans and 12 US troops, Afghan and US officials said.
