April 19, 2024

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A series of terrorist attacks in Afghanistan: 103 people were killed, more than 1,300 were injured in the bombings in Kabul (to be supplemented)

Among those killed yesterday from the explosions in Kabul, 90 Afghan citizens and 13 US military personnel, 1338 people were injured, The Wall Street Journal reports today, citing a source in the Ministry of Health. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the terrorist act.

As our publication wrote, earlier the UK, USA and Australia called on their citizens leave the territory immediately Kabul International Airport. Hamid Karzai over the threat of a terrorist attack. The reason for the urgent recommendations was the threat posed by the militants of the radical movement IS. The US Embassy in Cambodia has also called on American citizens to leave the airport. The United States Embassy in Kabul urgently warned American citizens not to visit the international airport in the Afghan capital, and those at the eastern and northern gates to leave the area immediately. The warning followed US President Joe Biden’s statements about the threat posed by the Islamic State.

Two explosions were committed at the Kabul airport on August 26. The first thundered at the entrance to the airport, the media reported on the involvement of a suicide bomber from ISIS. A little later, near the Baron Hotel, in the immediate vicinity of the airport, a car bomb was blown up. This was followed by a third explosion. By the evening in Kabul, two more explosions thundered, they were called the destruction of their equipment by the US Armed Forces. Of the 103 killed in Thursday’s bombings near Kabul airport, at least 28 were Taliban, Reuters reported, citing a Taliban spokesman.

According to ΑΠΕ ΜΠΕ, there are no Greek citizens among the injured or killed. US President Joe Biden assured that those responsible for the terrorist attack would be found and punished. He gave the order to prepare strikes against the leaders and targets of Vilayat Khorasan.

As our publication wrote, earlier the UK, USA and Australia called on their citizens leave the territory immediately Kabul International Airport. Hamid Karzai over the threat of a terrorist attack. The reason for the urgent recommendations was the threat posed by the militants of the radical movement IS. The US Embassy in Cambodia has also called on American citizens to leave the airport. The United States Embassy in Kabul urgently warned American citizens not to visit the international airport in the Afghan capital, and those at the eastern and northern gates to leave the area immediately. The warning followed US President Joe Biden’s statements about the threat posed by the Islamic State.





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