The twin suicide bombings that shook Kabul’s airport today have presumably killed at least 13 people including four US troops according to the latest reports.
The Pentagon confirmed that “a number” of American military personnel were killed in today’s “complex attack” described as “heinous.”
Other news outlets added that three US soldiers were injured besides the four fatalities.
Dozens of Afghans, including civilians, were also harmed when the two bombs exploded outside the Abbey Gate to the airport and near Baron Hotel.
“While it is likely to be denied publicly, the terroristic attack is also likely to mark the de facto end of the formal US-led noncombatant evacuation operation,” Former Senior Defense Department Official William Wechsler said.
“The deadline of the end of the month is fast approaching anyway, and the necessary operational pause that will ensue from the bombing will likely eliminate the last vestiges of hope of remain in the tens if not hundreds of thousands of Afghans who are desperate to flee the country.”
