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Aug 26, 2021 1:29 PM EDT

‘A number’ of U.S. service members and Afghans among those killed, U.S. official says

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Explosions outside Kabul airport claim casualties

A view of a hospital as unspecified number of casualties reported after two explosions outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 26, 2021. Photo by Sayed Khodaiberdi Sadat/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

“A number” of U.S. service members and Afghans were killed in Thursday’s attack at the Kabul airport, Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby confirmed in a statement.

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