The embassy advised U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and asked anyone present three airport gates to “leave immediately,” due to an unspecified threat.
A large number of people continued to gather outside the gates of the Kabul airport on Thursday despite warnings issued by the U.S., Australian and U.K. embassies of a potential terror attack at the site as several foreigners and Afghan nationals desperately attempt to flee the country as the Taliban prepares to form a new government in the capital city.... [+]a Reuters report, the warnings have done little to dissuade crowds from gathering at the airport gates a civil aviation official said.
The official warned that it would be very easy for a suicide bomber to cause many casualties at the site but noted that people seemed determined to leave the country and were willing to risk their lives to do so. The perimeter outside the airport is being guarded by the Taliban who have not yet publicly acknowledged any terror threat but have said they will continue to protect civilians in the area.Reuters that the Taliban guards were also “risking their lives” outside the Kabul airport as they also face a threat from the Islamic State. the first warning on Wednesday evening advising U.S.
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