85 People, Including 72 Afghans, 13 US Troops, Dead In Kabul Attack

1. Regionally-based ISIS-Khorosan, or IS-Ok, has claimed duty. In line with information company Reuters, the phobia group mentioned its suicide bombers had focused “translators and collaborators with the American military”. Intel from the USA and different sources seems to substantiate this declare, Indian authorities sources have mentioned.

2. US President Joe Biden has vowed vengeance, saying: “To those that carried out this assault, in addition to anybody who needs America hurt, know this: We is not going to forgive, we is not going to overlook, we’ll hunt you down and make you pay.” Normal Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command, instructed Reuters, US forces are on the alert for extra assaults. 

3. Biden additionally mentioned the assaults wouldn’t pressure the US to change plans to evacuate US residents and refugees from Kabul by August 31 – the Taliban’s deadline for withdrawal of forces. “We are going to rescue Individuals who’re there… we’ll get our Afghan allies out,” Biden mentioned.

4. The Taliban has additionally condemned the assault. There isn’t any love misplaced between the ISIS and the Taliban, regardless of the very fact each are hardline Sunni Islamist teams. They differ on the trivialities of faith and technique, with every claiming to be the true flag-bearers of jihad.

5. The Taliban additionally hit out at overseas nations organising evacuations; a gaggle official instructed Reuters they might not be held chargeable for “chaotic evacuation plans”. Western forces known as on the Taliban to tighten safety across the airport perimeter.

6. Round 160 Afghan Hindus and Sikhs might have narrowly escaped the blasts. Studies counsel they have been on the airport a number of hours earlier than the assault searching for data on the subsequent spherical of evacuations. They left the airport and the quick neighborhood and at the moment are secure inside a gurudwara.

7. Video taken within the aftermath of the assault confirmed corpses floating in a canal by the airport fence; the video confirmed our bodies being fished out and positioned in a pile as members of the family and mates cried and beat themselves in sorrow. “I noticed our bodies and physique components flying (by way of) the air…” one witness instructed Reuters, “That little water flowing within the sewage canal had became blood.”

8. International leaders have condemned the “horrific” assault. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson known as it “barbaric” and, just like the US, mentioned his nation’s evacuation efforts would proceed. French President Emmanuel Macron condemned the assaults “with utmost firmness”. The leaders of the Czech Republic, Egypt, Israel, Italy, Norway, Spain, Saudi Arabia and others additionally raised their voices.

9. Present data suggests the primary blast came about on the Abbey gate of Kabul airport, which was being manned by American troops. Intel with India suggests the primary bomber was carrying a suicide vest to which IEDs have been hooked up. The second blast was reported close to the Baron lodge near the airport, the place British troops and employees have arrange base.

10. Over 100,000 have been evacuated because the Taliban swept to energy on August 15. On Friday morning, some flights resumed with individuals lining up on the tarmac, however there have been no crowds close to the websites of the blasts, in line with AFP reporters.

With enter from AFP, Reuters