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6:50 p.m.: Meeting of Biden and Bennett delayed due to attack in Afghanistan
The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to the White House was initially delayed because of the dramatic developments in Afghanistan. The White House announced that the meeting of US President Joe Biden and Bennett will not take place on the originally scheduled time. The two were supposed to get together around 5:30 p.m. CEST. Whether the meeting will only take place late or could be canceled because of the double attack outside the airport in Kabul initially remained open. Another Biden appointment – a switch with governors – has been canceled by the White House.
6.48 p.m.: Taliban: At least 13 dead in the attack at Kabul airport
According to the militant Islamist Taliban, at least 13 people were killed in the attack at the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul. At least 52 others were injured, said the spokesman for the Taliban’s political office in Doha.
6:39 p.m.: Chancellor Merkel condemns “targeted attack”
Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) assumes that there have been one or more suicide attacks in the Afghan capital Kabul. “The terrorists targeted people who were waiting outside the gates of the airport,” said Merkel. The Chancellor condemned the attack as “absolutely vile in this very, very tense situation”. She also expressed her sympathy for the relatives. “In these minutes I am thinking of the victims and their families,” said Merkel.
6:31 p.m.: UN speaks of “a series” of dead and injured in Kabul
The United Nations speaks of several dead and injured after the attack in Kabul. UN Secretary General António Guterres “condemns this terrorist attack, in which a number of civilians were killed and injured, and expresses his deep condolences to the families of those killed,” said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. So far there is no information about the background to the “heinous” act.
6:06 p.m.: Taliban: At least 52 injured in Kabul, number of dead unclear
According to the militant Islamist Taliban, at least 52 people were injured in the attack at Kabul airport. There were also deaths, but the number is still unclear, said the Taliban spokesman Sabiullah Mujahid the local TV station ToloNews.
The NGO Emergency had previously announced that at least six people had been admitted to their hospital in Kabul, dead. According to initial findings, there were two explosions in front of the airport – one at one of the airport gates and one at a nearby hotel.
6 p.m .: Macron: France wants to save “several hundred” Afghans from Kabul
French President Emmanuel Macron has warned of the continued “extremely dangerous” situation in the Afghan capital Kabul and at the city’s airport. The circumstances of the explosions there are still very unclear, said Macron during a visit to the Irish capital, Dublin. But it is clear that there is an increased level of tension there. The French President added that the risks were clear from the start.
President Macron said his country would try everything to save “several hundred people” from Afghanistan. Macron said there were still 20 buses with Afghans and binational nationals waiting near the Kabul military airport that France intends to fly out via the United Arab Emirates. But there is no guarantee that this will succeed, “because we do not have the security situation under control”.
5:50 p.m.: Journalists complain of obstruction by US soldiers in Kabul
More and more German journalists are reporting that US soldiers were disabled at Kabul airport when they tried to get to the center of the Afghan capital. On Thursday the Zeit publishing group announced that “Zeit” reporter Wolfgang Bauer and the freelance photographer Andy Spyra, who works for the weekly newspaper, had been flown to Doha against their will in the morning. “You were forced to leave the country by the US military, saying that the decision had been made with the support of the German diplomats on site.” The journalists landed in Kabul on Wednesday lunchtime and wanted to report from the city according to “Zeit” information and try to get local employees and their relatives to leave.
5.15 p.m.: At least six dead after the attack at Kabul airport
According to the non-governmental organization Emergency, at least six people were killed in the attack at Kabul airport. More than 30 others were injured, Emergency announced on Twitter. The non-governmental organization operates a local hospital.
5.10 p.m.: Pentagon: Americans suffered damage in attack
According to the US government, Americans were also harmed in an attack outside Kabul airport. The spokesman for the US Department of Defense, John Kirby, wrote on Thursday on Twitter and described the attack on one of the airport gates as a “complex attack”. He did not name a number of dead or injured. Kirby also confirmed that there had been another explosion at a nearby hotel, tweeted Pentagon
4.40 p.m.: The last planned rescue aircraft of the Bundeswehr started in Kabul
The last Bundeswehr machines to rescue Germans and local employees from Afghanistan took off on Thursday. According to information from the German Press Agency, the last three aircraft took off in the early evening (local time) from Kabul airport with the destination Tashkent in Uzbekistan.
Kramp-Karrenbauer said they were working “feverishly” on the further evacuation, but had to take into account the terrorist threat. “This is not an individual question for the Federal Republic of Germany, at the moment that is the situation for all other countries as well.” The minister stressed that efforts are being made to “phase two” of the evacuation after the end of the Federal Armed Forces deployment “without a break”. In this phase it will be a matter of trying diplomatic channels to enable people to leave the country.
4.45 p.m.: Ankara: Two explosions outside the airport in Kabul
According to the Turkish Ministry of Defense, there are even two explosions at Kabul Airport. “There is no damage or loss in our unit,” the Ankara ministry wrote on Twitter. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby had previously spoken of an explosion. Turkey began withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan on Wednesday.
4.45 p.m.: Pentagon confirms “victims” in explosion in Kabul
Several people were injured or killed in the explosion in Kabul. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told Twitter that there were “an unknown number of victims”. The Bundeswehr said on Twitter that their forces were not affected.
3:48 p.m .: Explosion in front of Kabul airport
An explosion occurred in front of Kabul airport. A Pentagon spokesman reported.
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