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AP report: Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 12 U.S. troops

By Associated Press

Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.

U.S. Senate majority leader condemns Kabul attack

By Associated Press

The New York Democrat said in a statement that he had just spoken to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about the “heinous attacks” on U.S. personnel and the Afghan partners.

Germany announces end to its Kabul evacuations

By Associated Press

Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said the last of the German military aircraft and troops arrived in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Thursday evening.

UK’s Boris Johnson calls Kabul attack ‘barbaric’

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson offered condolences to the U.S. and Afghanistan after Thursday’s “barbaric” bomb attack outside the Kabul airport. He said the United Kingdom’s evacuation operation in Afghanistan will continue, though it is “now coming towards the…

Kabul airport attack kills 60 Afghans, 13 U.S. troops

By Sayed Ziarmal Hashemi, Lolita C. Baldor, Joseph Krauss, Associated Press

Evacuations continue

By Meredith Lee

Evacuation flights are continuing following bomb attacks outside the Kabul airport, a U.S. military official tells the NewsHour.

UK’s Boris Johnson condemns ‘barbaric’ Kabul attack

By Associated Press

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the “barbaric” bomb attack at Kabul airport has caused “many” casualties, but that the U.K. evacuation operation in Afghanistan will continue for a bit longer.

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

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

“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. Statement on this morning's attack at #HKIA:…

US official says Islamic State “believed to be” behind attacks

By Joshua Barajas

A U.S. official says the attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport is “definitely believed to be” carried out by the Islamic State group, AP reports.