Latest News on Kabul Airport Violence and evacuations

These are the US service members killed in the Kabul airport attack (NY Post) The identities of the 13 US service members who were killed by an ISIS-K suicide bomber outside the Kabul airport while helping to oversee the evacuation of thousands of Americans and Afghan allies have begun to emerge. The names of one Navy corpsman and five Marines killed in Thursday’s blast have been released, while the identities of an additional five Marines and two Army soldiers have yet to be disclosed while the military works to inform their families.-- More... Biden doesn't deny report of US handing over names of Americans to Taliban: 'There may have been' (Fox) President Biden did not deny a report circulating Thursday that officials in his administration had provided names of Americans in Afghanistan to the Taliban in order to help usher them safely to the airport. "There have been occasions where our military has contacted their military counterparts in the Taliban and said this bus is coming through...made up of the following group...let it through," the president said. "Yes, there have been occasions like that."-- More...

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Biden: America Will Retaliate Against ISIS for Kabul Bombings (Epoch Times) The United States will strike ISIS in retaliation for bombings in Kabul that left a dozen U.S. troops dead, President Joe Biden said on Thursday. “To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: we will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay. I’ll defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command,” Biden said from the White House in Washington.-- More... At Least 60 Dead – 150 Wounded In Kabul After Horrific Suicide Bombings; Majority Injured in Critical Condition (GateWay Pundit) On Thursday, two IEDs were set off by suicide bombers in the crowd outside the Kabul airport. Update: At least 60 people are dead and 150 wounded, BBC reported. Initial reports claimed that there were just over a dozen killed in the blasts, but now over 60 have been pronounced dead and there are 120 wounded that have been transferred to the hospital – most of whom are in critical condition. -- More... 12 US Troops Killed in Afghanistan Bombings: Pentagon (EPOCH TIMES) Twelve U.S. troops were killed in the bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. In addition, 15 were wounded, CENTCOM Commander General Kenneth McKenzie told reporters in a briefing conducted hours after the attack.-- More... Explosions Rock Kabul, Causing Multiple Casualties (EPOCH TIMES) At least two explosions took place near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, complicating efforts to evacuate Americans, Afghans, and others trying to leave the country before the U.S. pulls out its troops. A bomb went off at the Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport, U.S. Department of Defense spokesman John Kirby said. At least one other explosion erupted at or near the Baron Hotel, which is a short distance from Abbey Gate.-- More...

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Suicide bombing outside Kabul airport wounds at least 3 US Marines; second explosion reported There was a second explosion at the nearby Baron Hotel after the suicide bomb attack (FOX) A suicide bomb attack outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul's airport in Afghanistan Thursday injured at least three U.S. Marines, U.S. officials told Fox News, as the Pentagon confirmed a second blast at a nearby hotel where Americans had previously sheltered. A U.S. official said the terror attack set off a firefight at Abbey Gate, where last night there were 5,000 Afghans and potentially some Americans seeking access to the airport to flee.-- More... Witness: Several appear dead or wounded in Kabul blast (AOL) KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — 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. Officials offered no casualty count, but a witness said several people appeared to have been killed or wounded. Western nations had warned earlier in the day of a possible attack at the airport in the waning days of a massive airlift. Suspicion for any attack targeting the crowds would likely fall on the Islamic State group and not the Taliban, who have been deployed at the airport’s gates trying to control the mass of people.-- More... ‘Do Not Travel’: UK Warns of ‘Very, Very Credible’ Intelligence on ‘Imminent’ Attack at Kabul Airport (BREITBART) The United Kingdom and Western allies have warned they have credible intelligence of an “imminent” terror attack against Kabul airport, where thousands of people are crowded outside the gates in hope of catching a flight out.-- More with updates

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