The evacuation of civilians from Kabul has been accelerated after overnight attacks near the airports which killed at least 80 people, including 28 Taliban members
At least 28 members of the Taliban were among the people killed in explosions overnight outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, a Taliban official told on Friday.
"We have lost more people than the Americans," said the official, who declined to be identified. He said there was no reason to extend the August 31 deadline for foreign forces to leave the country. At least 13 US soldiers and scores of people outside the airport, including the Taliban members, were killed in the explosions on Thursday. More than 80 people have been killed in the twin explosions outside Kabul airport, Officials at the Emergency Hospital toldThe Taliban condemned the deadly blasts saying the US forces were responsible for security in the area where the explosion occurred.
“The Islamic Emirate strongly condemns the bombing targeting civilians at Kabul airport,” a statement released by the group’s spokesman on Twitter said.Chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation Dr Abdullah Abdullah also calling it a “terrorist attack”. “I strongly condemn the terrorist attack at Kabul Airport which killed and wounded a large number of the civilians,” he posted on Twitter.
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