Death toll now 13 American military, 169 afgh in godless ones bombings.
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https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/afghanistan-news-kabul-airport-taliban-bidenKabul attack death toll rises to 169 Afghans, 13 US service members, officials say: LIVE UPDATES
Flights out of Afghanistan are continuing after the terrorist attack outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul's airport Thursday killed at least 13 U.S. service members and at least 169 Afghans, according to officials.
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Thursday marked the deadliest day for U.S. troops since insurgents in Afghanistan shot down a U.S. Chinook helicopter in August 2011.
Biden pledged to move forward with evacuation flights after the attack, asserting that U.S. officials have sufficient time and resources to evacuate all Americans who wish to leave Afghanistan by the Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw troops from the country.
More than 100,000 people have been safely evacuated from Kabul, the U.S. said Thursday. Evacuation flights resumed Friday -- as more attempted attacks are expected ahead of the deadline, according to the AP.
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Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby gives briefing following Afghanistan bombings
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Posted by Greg Norman
37 min(s) ago
Afghan death toll climbs to 169 following Kabul airport bombing; 13 US service members dead
The death toll in a pair of suicide bombings that rocked Kabul yesterday has risen again as evacuation flights remain ongoing Friday, officials say.
At least 169 Afghans were killed according to two officials who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity, in addition to the 13 U.S. service members killed in the attack.
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Posted by Greg Norman
58 min(s) ago
Afghan interpreter says Taliban beating women outside Kabul airport
Crowds are seen Thursday outside of Kabul's airport prior to the suicide bombing. (Reuters)
A former Afghan interpreter who has been trying to escape the country through Kabul’s airport says he has observed the Taliban beating people – including women – near the gate that was targeted in yesterday’s deadly suicide bombing.
The interpreter, identified by Newsy only as Jack, reportedly was driven away by the Taliban from the area of the Abbey Gate on Wednesday night before an explosion there killed 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans.
"The Taliban, they were beating the women," he told Newsy. "They just used the violence against each civilian. They didn't ask who has documents, they didn't care."
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Posted by Greg Norman
1 hour(s) ago
Some Afghans stayed at Kabul airport despite terror attack, eyewitness says
An eyewitness on the ground during Thursday's terror attacks near the Kabul airport told Fox News that many Afghans refused to leave the area despite the chaos out of desperation to escape the country.
"They are scared, they are fearful, yet they don't want to leave that area because they still want to leave this country," Azaz Syed, who arrived near the airport shortly after the blast, said of the Afghans. "They say … that they don't have a future."
In the midst of the chaos, he told Fox News that people were still coming up to him asking if he could help get him into the airport.
"They are losing hope," Syed said.
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