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The
United States Air Force
at
Hamid Karzai International Airport
during
evacuations
.
On 26 August 2021, a
suicide bombing
happened near Abbey Gate at
Hamid Karzai International Airport
in
Kabul
,
Afghanistan
.
[1]
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This attack came hours after the
United States State Department
told
Americans
outside the airport to leave because of a
terrorist
threat.
[4]
Media said there was a second
explosion
; Media said later that there was only one explosion.
[5]
[6]
At least 170 people have been killed by the attacks as many people were at the airport trying the
leave the country
.
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The attack happened over a week after the
Taliban
took control
of Afghanistan. The
ISIS-K
(other name: Islamic State Khorasan) said they were responsible for the attacks.
[9]
13
U.S. soldiers
were killed in the attacks, becoming the first American military deaths in Afghanistan since February 2020.
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