Thu Aug 26, 2021 – 3:53 pm EDT
KABUL, Afghanistan (LifeSiteNews) — At least twelve U.S. servicemen were among hundreds of people killed or injured by ISIS suicide bombers outside the Kabul airport in Afghanistan Thursday, as the Biden administration’s cataclysmic withdrawal from the region spirals out of control.
Amid frantic attempts to evacuate U.S. personnel and Afghan citizens in time for the August 31 pull-out deadline, suicide bombers affiliated with radical Islamic terror group ISIS-K reportedly killed dozens of people in twin explosions near the Kabul airport.
The attacks have killed at least 60 people and injured more than 140, with the death toll expected to rise.
Early reports indicated that four U.S. Marines were among the casualties, while three other Marines were reported to have been injured.
Now reports confirm at least twelve U.S. military members were killed in the blasts:
Twelve US service members – 11 marines and a Navy medic – were killed in Kabul airport attack, officials tell US media
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— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 26, 2021
The suicide bombings took place outside the Kabul airport, to which thousands of Americans and Afghans have fled
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