At least 28 Taliban members killed in Kabul Airport attack, toll mounts

Updated : Aug 27, 2021 12:45
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Editorji News Desk

At least 28 Taliban members were killed in the multiple blasts outside the Kabul Airport on Thursday, a spokesman of the militant group told the Reuters on Friday. 

Multiple bomb blasts and at least one attack by a gunman in Kabul on Thursday killed at least 72 Afghans and 13 US service personnel, and plunged the evacuation of western forces from Afghanistan into deeper crisis.

Also watch: Kabul airport blast: Taliban says over 70 civilians killed in ISIS-K attack

Health officials and a Taliban spokesperson said that at least 72 civilians were killed in the blast, including children, and many Taliban guards. Later in a statement, the Taliban condemned the attack saying it occurred in an area “controlled by US forces”.

Multiple intelligence reports say that terror group ISIS was carried out the attack.

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