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Serial bomb blast at Kabul airport kills 64 including 13 US commandos

At least 64 people were killed and several others injured in a mob attack by two suicide bombers and gunmen near Kabul airport on Thursday in Afghanistan. An Afghan official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said at least 60 Afghans were killed and 143 others wounded in the attack on the airport. At the same time, according to two US officials, 11 US Marines and a Navy medical personnel have also been killed in the attack. He said 12 more serving personnel were injured in the attack and the death toll could rise.

At the same time, General Frank McKenzie, who is looking after the withdrawal of American people from Afghanistan, said that America will find the conspirators of Kabul airport. He said today that the attack is believed to have been carried out by people affiliated with the Islamic State group in Afghanistan. He feared that there could be more such attacks. At the same time, an Italian organization that runs hospitals in Afghanistan said that they are treating 60 people injured in the attack on the airport, while there were 10 injured who died on the way to the hospital.

Condemn the attack

Marco Punatin, the organization’s manager in Afghanistan, said surgeons would also serve at night. He said that the number of beds is being increased in view of the increasing number of injured. At the same time, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the terrorist attack on Kabul airport. Apart from this, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson termed the attack as barbaric and said that the evacuation operation needs to be continued rapidly.

According to the information, an attacker targeted those people who were standing in a canal with water till their knees to escape the heat and during this the bodies were scattered in the water. People who were expecting to board the plane till some time ago were seen taking the injured in ambulances. His clothes were stained with blood.

Fears of attack

The blast comes at a time when thousands of Afghans have been trying to leave the country since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan and have gathered at the airport for the past several days. Western countries had feared an attack amid a massive evacuation operation from Kabul airport. Earlier in the day, several countries appealed to people to stay away from the airport as there were fears of a suicide attack.

A US official says that it is definitely believed that the terrorist group Islamic State is behind the attack near Kabul airport. The Islamic State group is more extremist than the Taliban and has carried out several attacks on civilians. A US official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that despite the area being targeted, flights were being taken from Kabul airport for the evacuation operation.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said one of the explosions occurred near the airport entrance, while the other occurred some distance from a hotel. He said that many people, including soldiers, were injured in the attack but did not give any figures. An Afghan man said he saw some dead or injured after the explosion hit a crowd waiting outside a gate of Kabul airport. Adam Khan, who was near the scene of the incident, said that some people were seen dead and injured after the blast and some people were mutilated.

Instability on the ground

The second blast happened near Hotel Baron. Where other people including Afghan, British and American citizens were gathered. Those who were lodged here in recent days before going to the airport to leave the country. At the same time, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the terrorist attack on Kabul airport and said that the incident shows the instability of the ground situation in Afghanistan.

Guterres’ spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a press conference, “The Secretary-General is concerned about the current situation in Kabul, and in particular the situation at the airport, and is monitoring it closely.” He condemns this terrorist attack in which many civilians were killed and injured. He expresses his deepest condolences to the families of the deceased.

Seriously deteriorating

Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron said that the situation near Kabul airport has seriously deteriorated due to the blasts a few hours ago. “We are facing an extremely tense situation,” Macron said in a press conference during his tour in Dublin, Ireland. In such a situation, we must coordinate with our American allies. France will continue to evacuate its citizens, people from other allies and Afghans at the airport until the situation is favorable.

At the same time, Britain’s Paul Penn, who runs a cattle ranch in Afghanistan, told the British news agency that he and his staff were also trapped in the chaos after the attack near the airport. He told that the people of his organization were outside the airport when the blast happened. Paul said, ‘We are all safe but at this time there is an atmosphere of chaos here. Suddenly we heard gunshots and our vehicle was being targeted.

Evacuation operation

During the last week, there was a panic-like atmosphere at the airport to leave this war-torn country. Fears of a brutal Taliban rule have prompted many people to leave the country since the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan. Some countries have already ended operations to evacuate people from Afghanistan and have begun evacuating their soldiers and diplomats.

The Taliban had vowed not to attack Western forces during the evacuation operation within the stipulated time frame. However, it has also been reiterated that all foreign troops will have to leave the country within the deadline set by the US on August 31. Ahead of the development, the British government warned on Thursday that there were “very credible” intelligence reports of Islamic State (IS or ISIS) terrorists targeting people gathered at Kabul airport in Afghanistan.

British Armed Forces Minister James Happy said there was “very credible intelligence” that the Islamic State was planning a “soon” attack on people gathered at Kabul airport in an attempt to leave Afghanistan. This information about the blast has come to the fore just hours after Western countries feared an attack.