The Pentagon has confirmed a suicide bomber has detonated outside the Kabul airport near the Abbey Gate, where thousands upon thousands of Afghans had gathered, desperately trying to make their way into the airport and out of harms way.
We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can.
— John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) August 26, 2021
The threat had been reported as highly likely this week as more and more Afghans and Americans gathered outside the airport, and the situation continues to deteriorate.
Just yesterday, the State Department told Americans to again shelter in place and not come to the airport given the dangers involved.
A second explosion has now been reported, and at least three U.S. soldiers were injured. Early reports also indicate unquantified Afghan casualties. We will provide additional information as it becomes available.
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Done this AM PST CA time, saw on Varney & Co. this AM
IT IS PAST TIME for this Administration to make the Taliban and ALL TERRORIST GROUPS in Afghanistan to pay the price of killing our troops. The U..S. and allies (IF WE HAVE ANY LEFT) should take back the Air Force Base and U.S. Equipment and DESTROY THE TALIBAN permanently. Then the U.S. should provide long term support to the Afghan Army for the 20 years or until the Afghans (girls and boys) obtain an education to understand TRIBAL RULE is a TOTALITARIAN ABUSIVE FORM OF RULE. Education is what is needed to progress the country and it takes time for children to go through the education process. IF the U.S. needs to maintain the purse string so that the AFGHAN SOLDERS get paid, so be it. But this lose of military life needs to be responded to aggressively.
This is on the biden administration. They should be impeached and arrested.
Biden should be arrested now and Harris and Nancy impeached now. All three at the same times. Biden has committed treason and put all Americans in harms way. Go to jail first. The other two should be told to step down now. They are all traders and murders
Biden should celebrate. His failure is greater than any other presidential failure in the history of this country. Maybe we should make today a holiday.
Yes he is a 1st place dummy and a malicious SOB with a malicious agenda….we will be relocating him soon….
I thought we pulled all of our military out of the Kabul airport, I don’t remember seeing or hearing that we had left a contingent behind…..is this stuff we are not privy to again?