ISIS Claims Responsibility For Kabul Explosions; 11 Marines, Navy Medic Among Dozens Killed
Summary:
- ISIS claims responsibility
- Third explosion rocks Kabul
- At least 11 US Marines, Navy Medic dead; Death toll exceeds 70
- New threat reported at North Gate of airport
- US officials report multiple US, civilian casualties
- Suicide bomb explodes at Kabul airport gate, second explosion reported as car bomb
- Taliban warned of potential terrorist threat
- US State Dept warned Americans to "leave immediately" due to imminent threat
- At least 3 US Marines injured
- At least 12 civilians dead including kids
- Gunfire reported
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Update (1530ET): ISIS has officially climaed responsibility for the Kabul bombings, according to
NBC News' Evan Kohlmann.
ISIS: "The attacker was able to reach a distance of no less than five meters from the American forces, who were supervising the procedures for collecting documents from hundreds of translators and contractors in preparation for their evacuation from the country."
— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet)
August 26, 2021
The ISIS statement accused the Taliban of being "in a partnership" with the U.S. military to evacuate "spies" and boasted that its bomber "managed to penetrate all the security measures imposed by the American forces and the Taliban militia in the capital Kabul."
— Evan Kohlmann (@IntelTweet)
August 26, 2021
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*12 SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED AND 15 WERE INJURED: MCKENZIE
*U.S. CONTINUING TO EXECUTE THE MISSION, MCKENZIE SAYS
*ISIS-K Responsible for Kabul Airport Attack, Marine Corps Gen. McKenzie Says
*CENTCOM CHIEF MCKENZIE SAYS U.S. PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR KABUL ATTACKS
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Update (1433ET):
At least
eleven Marines and a Navy medic are among the dead following Thursday's deadly blasts outside of the Kabul international airport in Afghanistan, according to
Fox News' Edward Lawrence. The death toll exceeds 70 as of this update.
FOX News has learned that the death toll of US Marines has risen to 10 in the suicide attack at the gate of the airport in Kabul.
#Afghanistan #Marines
— Edward Lawrence (@EdwardLawrence)
August 26, 2021
Meanwhile,
two new explosions have just been reported per Al Arabiya, bringing the total number to five.
Two new explosions just now in
#Kabul.
https://t.co/8CpXtJ6cLJ
— The Intel Crab (@IntelCrab)
August 26, 2021
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