A suicide bombing outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last Thursday killed more than 150 people, including 13 American troops. The bombing provoked the US into launching two drone strikes, one targeting an alleged “planner” and “facilitator” with the group responsible, and another supposedly wiping out “multiple” would-be suicide …
Read More »Islamic State claims responsibility for rocket attack on Kabul airport, as White House says evacuation continues unhindered
Kabul’s international airport came under rocket attack on Monday morning, with Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) claiming responsibility for it later in the day. The terrorist group said it launched six unguided rockets at the airport, without elaborating whether it actually scored any hits. According to media reports citing US …
Read More »US military says Kabul strike targeting ISIS-K may have led to ‘additional casualties’ amid reports that family of 9 perished
The US military is “aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today,” US Central Command spokesman Captain Bill Urban said in a statement on Sunday, after multiple reports suggested that civilians, including children, were killed in the explosion resulting from the strike. “We …
Read More »Several rockets target Kabul airport, US military activite missile defense to repel attack – reports
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Read More »3 kids killed in US drone strike targeting Kabul suicide bombers – reports
Three children were killed in the Sunday evening strike, the official told AP, and while overall casualty figures are still unclear, unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as nine people, most of whom were apparently from the same family, perished in total. The strike obliterated a vehicle and sent smoke …
Read More »Explosion reported in Kabul, police say child dead
Images shared on Twitter show a cloud of black smoke rising from the supposed site of the blast, which looks to be in a residential area. The explosion was caused by a rocket striking a house near the airport, BBC journalist Secunder Kermani reported, citing a source in the Afghan …
Read More »Final UK military flight departs Kabul airport as British campaign in Afghanistan ends
Operation Pitting has now come to an end, with British military forces evacuating more than 15,000 British nationals and Afghan allies, including over 2000 children. Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the end of Britain’s 20-year campaign in Afghanistan in a statement released through Twitter. “I want to thank everyone involved …
Read More »US embassy in Afghanistan urges Americans to avoid travelling to the Kabul airport due to ‘specific, credible threat’
In a security alert issued early Sunday, the US embassy sounded the alarm about a potential attack at the Kabul airport, two days after a suicide bombing killed some 170 Afghans, 13 US servicemen and two British nationals. Those US citizens who had already set off to the airport were …
Read More »Gold Star mother of US marine killed in Kabul attack blasts Biden as ‘dementia-ridden piece of crap,’ blames his supporters
“This was an unnecessary debacle that could have been handled properly,” Kathy McCollum, mother of deceased US Marine Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, told radio host Andrew Wilkow on Friday. “They had months and months to remove everyone from Afghanistan, and they chose not to. And so they sent in . …
Read More »US pulling troops out of Kabul airport after devastating attack, two ‘high profile’ ISIS targets killed – Pentagon
The US has started to pull its troops out of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said on Saturday. While some 5,800 American troops were stationed there at the peak of the US’ evacuation mission, that number had dwindled on Saturday to below 4,000, Reuters reported. …
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