Kabul | An explosion took place on Thursday at Kabul airport, where a crowd of desperate Afghans trying to flee the country after the Taliban took over, inflicted many casualties. “We can confirm the explosion outside Kabul Airport,” Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby said in a tweet. The number of casualties is unclear at this time. We will provide additional details.
However, a Taliban leader said at least 11 people, including women and children, were killed and several Taliban guards were injured in the blast.
The blast is said to have happened outside an airport gate where British troops are stationed to oversee the evacuation process. It is suspected that it was a suicide attack.
Evicted Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwari said in a tweet that the explosion occurred in a sewage canal, where Afghans were being investigated.
A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of a large crowd, he said. At least one more attacker opened fire, several eyewitnesses in the area and a friend told me about it.
The BBC quoted a UK Defense Ministry source as saying that there were no reports of any British casualties.
The incident comes amid warnings of a terrorist attack by Western countries at the airport as the evacuation of foreign nationals continues.
