At least two explosions went off outside Kabul's airport on Thursday, hours after the United States and its allies warned of possible attacks by Islamic State on crowds gathered there trying to flee Afghanistan after the takeover by the Taliban.
The Taliban, whose members are guarding the perimeter outside the airport, are enemies of the Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State Khorasan after an old name for the region.May 15 - An explosion inside a mosque on the outskirts of Kabul killed at least 12 people during Friday prayers and was claimed by Islamic State.
March 2 - Three female media workers were shot dead in the eastern Afghan city of Jalalabad. Islamic State claimed responsibility. Nov 2 - Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack on Kabul University that killed at least 35 people, mostly students, according to government sources.
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