Photos: Americans among casualties in twin suicide attacks outside Kabul airport
KABUL, Afghanistan — Twin bombings struck near the entrance to Kabul’s airport Thursday, ripping through crowds of Afghans and foreign nationals waiting for evacuation from the country. The explosions complicated an already-nightmarish airlift just before the U.S. deadline to remove its troops from the country.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said 13 people were killed in the attacks. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, told Afghan news outlet TOLO that 52 people were wounded.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Americans were among the casualties.
Volunteers and medical staff bring a man injured in one of the explosions to a hospital for treatment.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Volunteers and medical staff unload bodies from a pickup truck outside a hospital after the two explosions.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Taliban fighters stand in the bed of a pickup truck outside a hospital as volunteers bring injured people for treatment after the explosions.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
A view of the smoke-filled air over a neighborhood near Hamid Karzai International Airport after the explosions.
(Anadolu Agency)
Wounded women arrive at a hospital in Kabul for treatment after the two blasts.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
A hospital worker lifts an injured man out of a car for treatment.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
Volunteers and medical staff bring an injured man to the hospital for treatment.
(Wakil Kohsar / AFP)
