Afghanistan: Blasts rock Kabul International Airport | DW News

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Kabul’s airport has been hit by explosions and gunfire. It comes after warnings of a potential terror attack against people evacuating.

The Pentagon confirmed two explosions outside the Abbey Gate across from the Baron Hotel at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday. The US Embassy Kabul released an alert stating the initial blast occurred at the Abbey Gate of Kabul airport.

The twin blasts came after the US warned of a terror threat against the airport amid its ongoing evacuation and advised its citizens against travel to the airport. Intelligence warnings pointed towards Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K), but it is unknown at this time who is responsible for the blast.

Emergency NGO, an Italian humanitarian organization, reports 30 patients arrived at their Kabul Surgical Center with six reportedly dead upon arrival.

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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.

Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.

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