Published 26 August 2021 at 17.07
Abroad. Two explosions have taken place at Kabul airport. According to sources in Politico, a suicide bomber from the Islamic State was responsible for one of the acts.
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According to media reports, several people have been killed and many injured in the explosions at the airport, where a large number of people have recently been trying to leave Afghanistan.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby states that several American soldiers are among the victims of one attack, at the airport entrance.
There have been warnings of imminent terrorist attacks at the site since yesterday. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent out a warning to Swedish citizens in Kabul just hours before the explosions, according to Aftonbladet.
“TO ALL SWEDES IN KABUL. We have renewed information about a high terrorist threat to the area around Kabul airport. Due to this We urge Swedes not to go to Kabul Airport and those who are already there to leave the place “, it says in the warning.
Foreign Minister Ann Linde states on Twitter that” all Swedish staff at Kabul Airport are unharmed ” .
“We have a large number of people inside the airport that we are about to evacuate. They are not injured. What has happened is a horrific act that affects innocent people trying to escape and get into security “, she writes.