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By SAT News Desk (Melbourne) & ANI in Kabul (Afghanistan)
August 27, 2021: The ISIL-K has claimed to be behind the two explosions at the Kabul Airport killing 60 people including 12 US service members, and many were also injured, the Taliban said. US President Joe Biden has said ” we will hunt you down and make you pay. The mission will be completed and we will continue the evacuation.”
” America will not be intimidated”, he said.
“Several explosions were heard in Kabul in the evening. The blasts were carried out against US forces inside Kabul airport to destroy their belongings, the Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said in a tweet. At least seven explosions were heard in Kabul city, hours after the twin suicide bombings outside the airport, that killed over 60 people, including US troops.
“A huge & shocking explosion, waves shake #Kabul 6th explosion. And another 7the explosion while I’m writing this. Two explosions,” an Afghanistan media outlet reported.
Four US Marines are among the 35 people who were reportedly killed in twin bomb blasts outside Kabul airport on Thursday. The first blast was reported at the Abbey Gate in Kabul airport while the second one was near the Baron Hotel.
Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed the development saying that “a number of US service members” were killed in today’s complex attack at Kabul airport.
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the terror attack near Hamid Karzai International Airport and expressed his support for the victims of the blast.
Australia has suspended its rescue mission from Kabul, ABC reports.
