SITUATION UPDATE (8/26/2021 10:05am). Our original update follows the update below: The Pentagon has confirmed explosion outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. Casualties have been confirmed by Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby.
Update (8/26/2021 10:30am): U.S. service personnel may have been injured or killed in the terrorist attack in Kabul.
Update (8/26/2021 1:34pm): U.S. service member casualties confirmed by Pentagon.
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Update (8/26/2021 2:24pm): A third explosion near the Kabul Airport has been reported by Afghan local media.
Original Update:
West Issues Dire Warning of Possible Terrorist Attack at Kabul Airport Amid Evacuations
Overnight Western nations issued a grave warning of a potential terrorist attack on Kabul’s airport as U.S. forces scramble to evacuate citizens from Afghanistan.
With just a few more days left before America withdraws its troops and the evacuation efforts end, several countries are urging people to stay clear of the airport.
Britain announced an attack could happen within hours, saying there is “very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack” at the airport.
Belgium warned that they believe there could be a suicide bombing. And late Wednesday the U.S. Embassy issued a warning of their own.
Late Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy warned citizens at three airport gates to leave immediately due to an unspecified security threat. Australia, Britain and New Zealand also advised their citizens Thursday not to go to the airport, with Australia’s foreign minister saying there was a “very high threat of a terrorist attack.”
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The warnings come as many Afghan are fleeing the country in the wake of the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. The hard-line Islamic group wrested back control of the country nearly 20 years after being ousted in a U.S.-led invasion following the 9/11 attacks, which al-Qaida orchestrated while being sheltered by the group.
Amid concerns about attacks, military cargo planes leaving Kabul airport already use flares to disrupt any potential missile fire. But troops also worry about the teeming crowds outside the airport.
via MilitaryTimes.com
The Taliban claims they are trying to control the situation, however now that they have taken over the government there is no official screening process. The result is that a terrorist could more easily sneak through and detonate explosives.
U.S. officials provided more insight on the Embassy’s warning, stating that the threat involved the Islamic State group and possible vehicle bombs.
With the American withdrawal still underway and the new warnings of a terrorist attack, some European nations have already announced they are going to cease their evacuation efforts.
“It is no longer safe to fly in or out of Kabul,” Danish defense minister Trine Bramsen stated.
This is a developing story, stay tuned for further updates.
I hope Biden has the guts to bomb the hell out of them. Let’s get a backbone, Joe.
Not a chance
Not a chance in hell Dopey Joe will anything other than buy the release of Americans.
joe the child molester doesn’t care about the military personal
he so fucking dum he can’t see anything .
and his ho the blm vp can’t find the souther board so how do you think it will say anything
Biden should level Afghanistan to the ground, and quit risking US lives. It might show any other idiot countries that we are not going to continue losing American lives and want to put an end to all this bulls**t…. He needs to show some backbone in these matters…
Biden doesn’t have the balls to do anything, His bug sack has been empty for a long time
Don’t make me laugh; Joe is one of them.
Beijing Biden won’t do anything. He has to ask his handlers for per.ission.
Never happen. Biden is to blame!
This administration has a defined history esp with ref to hard calls and dropping the ball the man currently “in charge” has been known to choke and put a higher priority on a personal agenda and nepotism. Vae victi .
How will the boy wonder in the White House handle this situation??? Poorly!
Well, thank goodness Doddering Joe has given our soldiers one last chance to die for our country. Let’s hope they were wearing masks!
Trump arranged the pullout and drew down troip strength below what was necessary for their own security this issue is as much trumps fault as it is bidens
Absolutely NOT! Dopey Joe has had plenty of time to make any contingencies. Dopey Joe’s main contingency- Blame the other guy. People like you continuing to blame Trump for this shows how truly ignorant you are.
Trump not only arranged the pullout but he also arranged to get the Taliban leader freed from prison
Biden just followed Trump’s agreement.
This is correct! Get your facts straight before you lay all the blame on the President that took over this horrible mess.
Trump may have initiated the withdrawal but he never thought of pulling out ALL the troops out without first evacuating our people first. Also, the second in command of the taliban was released by Obama himself on the trade for that deserter Berghdal. Biden is just an incompetent idiot
This botched withdrawal is ALL Biden’s. Squeal and deflect as much as you want, but this is all Joe, All the time.
Excuse me but this was all Bidens doings he didn’t even how to get our military home safe Commander and chief has disgraced America and should be held responsible for casualtie he has caused ….
the blame is the one in the oval office Get your mind off of Trump. He is no longer the scapegoat and get real
This was expected…another suicide bombing. Four or five U.S. military were killed, included in the 13 killed already. ISIS K behind both incidents at Abbey Gate and The Baron Hotel. This is a black eye on The Taliban more than on U.S., in terms of credibility. It puts a wrench into remaining U.S. evacuation efforts to end the war on 8/31. Chew on that.
Its. Sad .that we let this happen. We new this would happen. Just like setting Ducks. This means business is business. Handle it.
Oh my Old Joe just shit his depends. Jill needs to hurry and change him before he gets to stinking
Trump set the deal up and drew down troop strength and said he trusted the taliban to keep their end this issue is as much trumps fault as it is bidens
Are you that stupid really. Its on Biden Trump had nothing to do with it. Dam fools still trying to blame Trump.
so true Barry they are finally seeing what they put into the white house and still trying to blame Trump for Bidens bulls**t , but then we saw this coming all planned for Vp to get to be the first Black lady in office as president. We all see how crocked the demacrats all are they riged the elections toget sleepy Joe into office. They can keep blaming President Trump He has more shoulders the Joe could ever wish for. GOD BLESS AMERICA
you are an uniformed fool !!!
Go to the basement and take a nap Joe. Let our military take control and call the shots. They know much more than you a d will get the job done. God bless our troops, please keep them as safe as you can and let them bring home our people.
Our Generals are far too busy being woke and holding gender and diversity conferences to remember how to win a war.
You got that right.
I don’t believe there are any that won a real war,oops conflict as their woke asses would say.
Ssme thing would have happened if the third rate reality star was still running things.
some times uninformed opinions stink. well you can’t fix stupid
Try living in the present man.
Mr. Biden has a lot of blood on his hands plus also do all the people he is just a puppet for. Too bad we do not have many people in this administration that have any c0mmon sense or knowledge about what is going on in the world today.
What a sad excuse for a President of the United States and the rest of the flotsam and garbage running the Democratic Party. Will the real voters remember the Afganistan Debacle, the overruning of the Southern Border and the one & one half BILLION DOLLAR BRIBE FROM COMMUNIST CHINA??? China Joe, on huge crook, a combination of Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod and the star of the new series; ‘Week end with Bernie”
DAVID Waltz, I hope you are comfortable with a rather huge number of innocent bystanders being killed too. Thank god we have Biden as our leader; he won’t allow bombings to take place.
Just like all the innocent by standers that were killed today because of the dumb ass POS we have sitting in the White House or hiding in the basement…to
President Trump spoke about the right way to withdraw from Afghanistan and the wrong way. Biden of course took the wrong way. People that voted for Biden should feel pretty bad right now.
Number one leave dead beat Joe out any Military plans and let them do their job, I think that once they get all Americans out of country load up some B52’s and carpet bomb any and all military equipment left behind and destroy air port runway, the best thing that needs to be done ASAP is Impeach Joe Biden before he’s any more damage to Americas Image and credibility as strong nation.
It is easy to criticize from the back seat…I
Am sure there may have been some mistakes, I would look at the State Department staffing. IN ADDITION TO BEING GUTTED, I wonder why they could not have done this mission better….experience or lack of their professional planning. Remember it was Steve Bannon who was going to break the departments in the government and Stephen Miller who sabotaged, intentionally, this plan .. God Bless our military!!!!
You mags and trump supporter don’t get vaccinated and die, the more that die from COVID the less support trump will have in 2024
I once was a Democrat and ashamed of being one, I’m an independent and wouldn’t vote for a Democrat if they were the only one on the ticket.I been vaccinated against this man made virus and now have second thoughts. . Now they want us to get booster shots every 6 months tells you a lot .
CDC says only 3 people died in the US from the shot, Bullshit. Strange , my friend knew two that died within 48 hrs of getting the so called vaccine.
The Taliban is as much to blame for the ongoing threat to Americans and Afghans wanting to leave the country. Biden’s enormous mistake was not preparing soon enough to start evacuating personnel, etc.
He knew very well what he intended to do, but either his advisors or he himself were not intelligent enough to read the tea leaves that even a 12 year old could have predicted.
To date, what is extremely clear is that if there are any intelligent advisors, nobody is listening and worse, Joe Biden is obviously “not the brightest bulb on the tree”.
Who cares about this 3rd world country anyways. Just get our people out of there. Let the Afghan’s worry about themselves. We got our own issues to worry about. All you people stop blaming Biden or Trump. None of us are in the loop so we don’t know what exactly is happening. Dividing ourselves between one or the other party makes us sound just like the new Afghan government. We should be sticking together, but I know that will never happen.
Instead of attacking Trump or Biden, let’s see if Biden holds true to his promise to respond swiftly and viciously.
Dementia Joe Biden can henseforth be known as the butcher of Kabul. Thanks Dementia Joe. This is a man who cant couldnt find his ass with his hands in his back pocket. The man has shown repeatedly he is senile. God bless the men and women who defend this country. All this evacuation requred was thoughtful and skillfull preparation to accomplise the mission. Not really that hard except when youre stupid and. senile. 27 year DoD vet.
To blame Ex-President Trump is the the only way you all can handle this. I was there and while Ex-President Trump worked the agreement, it was President Biden’s job to close the deal. He took office in January and waited until we no longer had enough time to make the decision to leave. If he had made the decision upon taking office we would have had plenty of time to do it in an orderly manner. As President he needs to make touch decisions and not sit on it. He anhe ozone put us in this situation, how many more before we leave and regardless what is said this is President Biden’s Vietnam. He let down the many troops that gave their life, the families, the injured men !ND woman the served faithless. Never mind the Afghanistan people that were setup by us and again we abandoned them. With the mess up currently happening we are just showing the world that them can’t depend on the United States and we are also opening the door for more people that the terrorists can turn against us. The peace we have had at home is gone, we need to prepare for the attacks that will come at home. Hopefully President Biden will stand up and make the hard decisions, but I don’t believe he will. Please for the people of the United States, NATO Nations that stood by me and the Afghanistan people, be the President, the most powerful man on Earth.
You must feel so proud of yourself Joe.
Guarantee more US Military and civilians will die while we leave our incompetent POTUS Biden and administration in control. First we need to invoke the 25th Amendment and have more political leaders pressuring for resignation…one at a time POTUS, then # 2, than #3. Reboot or Reset before the damage gets any worse. THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL. But who cares right, the next year will determine our resolve as a nation.
Lets pray to GOD, will help i know, Biden have gutes to do whats write
This administration has a defined history esp with ref to hard calls and dropping the ball the man currently “in charge” has been known to choke and put a higher priority on a personal agenda and nepotism. Vae victi .