Kabul Airport Abbey Gate, Kabul Airport Map The Dangerous Route To The Main Entrance The New York Times

Georgette Pitts

26 Aug, 2021

Confirming the report US Defence Department Press Secretary John Kirby has tweeted that We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Afghan refugees try to get past a security checkpoint manned by British security forces at the Abbey gate in Kabul Afghanistan Wednesday Aug.

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Meanwhile firing was also heard around the blast site.

Kabul airport abbey gate. Four or more US. The Abbey Gate is a meeting point â FRANCE 24 English - below is. There are four gates at the airport.

US Defence Department Press Secretary John Kirby tweeted that We can confirm there was an explosion outside Kabul airport. The Pentagon has confirmed that an explosion outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday resulted in a number of casualties to civilians and US. Service members and injured at least a dozen more US.

MARCUS YAMLOS ANGELES TIMESShutterstock. At an entrance east of the main gates Taliban fighters positioned themselves on concrete road dividers. One Afghan trying to escape says Taliban knocked his wifes teeth out at checkpoint.

FRANCE 24 English published this video item entitled Explosions near Kabul airport. 10 hours ago - 3434N 6913E Taliban stepping up attacks on Afghans outside Abbey Gate at Kabul airport tearing up passports and other vital documents. The gate of the Baron hotel was targeted in the second blast which is very close to Abbey Gate the gate of the Kabul airport where the first blast took place as is evident from the map below.

The US Embassy in Kabul said that US citizens who were at the Abbey Gate East Gate or North Gate of the airport should leave immediately in. Service personnel may have been injured or killed in the explosions outside Kabul airport according to the US. We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport.

UPDATE from JenGriffinFNC. That explosion took place near the Abbey Gate entrance to the airport while a second explosion took place at or near the Baron Hotel Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said describing what he. Several people are feared to.

According to latest inputs the blast was heard near Abbey Gate of the airport. Officials said making it the. The gate was one of three that had been closed as a result of terrorist threats.

There were two explosions one at the Kabul airport outside of Abbey gate at the airport and the second one at Hotel Baron 200 yards away where 169 Americans were rescued last week Update. It is pertinent to mention here that the Baron Hotel- the second blast site is at a stone-throw distance from the site of the first blast- the airport. It occurred near the entrance to Abbey gate where British forces have been stationed lately.

A massive explosion occurred at one of Kabuls Hamid Karzai International Airports gates on Thursday according to the US military as the US-led airlift of thousands of Afghans continued within the compound. This gate is closed a commander says. The Abbey Gate is a main entryway to the international airport.

A suicide bomb attack Thursday outside the Abbey Gate at Kabuls airport in Afghanistan killed 13 US. Foreign nationals and children are among those who died in the blasts reports suggest. Officials confirm explosion outside of Abbey Gate at the Kabul airport.

We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport has resulted in an unknown number of casualties Kirby tweeted. Embassy in Kabul warned citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and avoid airport gates. The extent of the casualties is unknown at.

An explosion has been reported near Kabul airport in Afghanistan reports said on Thursday.

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