Kabul airport terrorist attack

[Bobby]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-27/ ... /100411678


Kabul international airport bombing leaves 60 dead,
Afghan officials say; Australia suspends evacuation mission

By US correspondent Greg Jennett, defence correspondent Andrew Greene, Paul Johnson and Max Walden
Posted 6h ago
6 hours ago
, updated 9m ago





Afghan officials say at least 60 people have been killed in suicide bombings outside Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA).
Key points:

US troops and Afghan civilians are among the dead from the bombings
Thousands of people have been trying to flee Afghanistan since the Taliban took power
Western nations had warned of an imminent attack on Kabul's international airport

The Pentagon has confirmed at least 12 US troops were killed when two suicide bombers attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to HKIA after the Taliban once again seized power in the nation.

The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack via the Telegram messaging channel of its Amaq News Agency.

"The threat from ISIS is extremely real … we believe it is their desire to continue those attacks," US Central Command chief Kenneth Franklin McKenzie Jr said.

He added that the Pentagon was determined to continue its mission of evacuating people.

"ISIS will not deter us from completing the mission, I can assure you of that," he said.

[Bobby]

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news ... index.html


2 min ago
SOON: Biden speaks following Kabul airport attack

President Biden will speak soon from the White House following two bombing attacks outside the Kabul airport that killed 12 US service members and dozens of Afghans.

This will be the first time the public will hear from the President since the attacks, and his remarks come after the US' top general in the Middle East spoke to reporters about the situation in the country at a Pentagon briefing.

Gen. Kenneth "Frank" McKenzie, head of the US Central Command, said they are working to determine who is behind the deadly attack and "are prepared to take action against them." The general said they are also focused on other "extremely active threat streams" to the airfield.

US officials had been warned over the past week that a threat of a terror attack at the airport was becoming more acute. A US defense official had also told CNN that officials were concerned by a "very specific threat stream" involving the ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan.

The attacks near the airport come as the US and other Western countries race to complete a massive evacuation following the Taliban takeover of the country. McKenzie said that the evacuations will continue despite the attack.

"Our mission is to evacuate US citizens, third country nationals, Special Immigrant Visa holders, US embassy staff, and Afghans at risk. Despite this attack, we are continuing the mission, the evacuation at best speed," he said.

[Valkie]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

[Bobby]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

[Valkie]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

And its only going to get worse as they now feel that they have the upper hand.

Better to nuke the place into glass.

[Bobby]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

And its only going to get worse as they now feel that they have the upper hand.

Better to nuke the place into glass.

Biden has vowed revenge.

[Redneck]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

And its only going to get worse as they now feel that they have the upper hand.

Better to nuke the place into glass.

Biden has vowed revenge.

What about another 20 years invasion?

[Valkie]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

And its only going to get worse as they now feel that they have the upper hand.

Better to nuke the place into glass.

Biden has vowed revenge.

What about another 20 years invasion?

Gives him a reason to fund the weapons manufacturers who got him into power.

I see another war coming wasting trillions of dollars and many lives all over again.

[Bobby]

This is far from a surprise

This is simply Islam and its nutcase fanatics doing what they do.

This is why we must never trust this cult of death.

Muslim terrorists strike again.

And its only going to get worse as they now feel that they have the upper hand.

Better to nuke the place into glass.

Biden has vowed revenge.

What about another 20 years invasion?

It never ends.

[Bobby]

ScoMo is bringing our soldiers home and
leaving the Yanks to face the bombs and bullets.