Speaking to British broadcasters, the BBC and Sky News, on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said that the UK evacuation effort had taken mitigating action prior to the terrorist attack on Thursday. He stated that the UK had warned people to stay away from Kabul airport amid credible intelligence of …
Read More »‘War is over’: FINAL US flight leaves Kabul airport, ending Afghanistan airlift
The last C-17 Globemaster transport lifted off from Kabul at 3:29pm East Coast time, General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the CENTCOM officially announced on Monday, calling it “the completion of our withdrawal from Afghanistan.” With the last US military flight departed, McKenzie said every single US service member had now left …
Read More »Several rockets target Kabul airport, US military activite missile defense to repel attack – reports
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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 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. …
Read More »Biden says new attack on Kabul airport ‘highly likely’ within next 24-36 hours
The president’s warning follows a bombing at the Kabul airport, that killed 170 Afghans and 13 US service members. Biden reiterated that the mission to evacuate civilians and allies by August 31 continues and will not be affected by further security measures being taken. “Despite the treacherous situation in Kabul, we …
Read More »Civilians were allegedly shot & killed by US forces during Kabul airport bombing mayhem, eyewitnesses tell BBC
Eyewitnesses who survived Thursday’s attack, which claimed at least 95 lives and left 150 people wounded, told the British public broadcaster that not everyone who died that day had been killed by the suicide bomber. Mohammed, a taxi driver from London, had traveled to Kabul to help his family secure …
Read More »Pentagon says only ONE suicide bomber in Kabul airport attack
While previous reports said that there were likely two suicide bombers behind the attack at the Hamid Karzai International Airport — one near one of the airport’s gates and another near the Baron Hotel — Army Major General William Taylor told reporters on Friday at a Pentagon press briefing the second explosion at …
Read More »‘We will not be deterred’: Biden says US evacuation to continue after Kabul airport blasts despite potential further attacks
After acknowledging the deaths of 12 US service members and giving his condolences to families of the slain, Biden vowed retaliation against those responsible for Thursday’s deadly bombings at the Kabul’s airport Abbey Gate and near the Baron Hotel. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has taken credit for the attacks. …
Read More »THIRD EXPLOSION heard from direction of Kabul airport – RT correspondent
The blast went off as local authorities, Taliban and coalition forces were still attempting to figure out what had happened during the earlier explosions. A suicide bomber reportedly detonated himself by one of the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport and a second blast believed to be a vehicle bomb …
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