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At least 40 people were killed and about 120 injured as a result of explosions near the Kabul airport. This information was transmitted by the website of The New York Times.
At least two explosions occurred in the area outside the international airport in Kabul on Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed. This happened just hours after Western governments warned of a security threat there.
Since the Taliban (a movement banned in Russia) seized Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan civilians and foreign citizens have rushed to the Kabul airport for evacuation. There was chaos there.
Pentagon press Secretary John Kirby confirmed the casualties among the Americans, but did not provide exact data.
After reports of the explosion, US President Joe Biden postponed a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and hurried to the situation room of the White House with his national security team. There, he is informed about the latest data on the explosions and the conclusions of analysts about what they can mean and what the United States should do in this situation.
The publication believes that Biden can speak to the nation.