Wounded Afghan men receive treatment at a hospital after yesterday's explosions outside airport in Kabul
Reuters: U.S. on alert for more Kabul attacks, says next few days will be most dangerous
(Reuters) -U.S. forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after an Islamic State suicide bombing killed at least 92 people, including 13 U.S. service members, just outside Kabul airport.
The White House said the next few days of an evacuation operation that has taken more than 100,000 people out of the country in the past two weeks were likely to be the most dangerous .
Some U.S. media said the death toll was far higher in Thursday's attack near the airport gates, where thousands of people have gathered to try to get inside the airport and onto evacuation flights since the Taliban took control of the country on Aug. 15.
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WNU Editor: Even with the threat of another attack being very real, the rush of people trying to flee the Taliban intensifies .... Desperate enough to risk their lives: Afghans trying to flee Kabul return to airport where suicide bomber blew himself up just the day before, in almost hopeless attempt to get on one of the last planes out (Daily Mail).
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Crowds still gathered around Kabul airport despite warnings of more terror attacks after 2 deadly explosions Thursday.
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The window for civilian evacuations has all but closed for thousands of Afghans https://t.co/ex0ttWLMKw pic.twitter.com/mxbCRxUTUa