WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 (AGENCIES) — The death toll in the bombing attacks in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Thursday have risen to at least 103 people.
The number of U.S. service members killed in the attacks has risen to 13, with 18 more injured troops currently in the process of being flown out of the country, according to the latest update by Bill Urban, public affairs officer of the U.S. Central Command.
The blast at the airport was followed by another one at the adjacent Baron Hotel, whose details are being figured out by the U.S. military.
A senior Afghan health official, reported that the explosions left at least 90 Afghan civilians dead.
The Afghan Ministry of Public Health previously confirmed the attacks had resulted in over 60 deaths and 140 injuries among Afghans, and were claimed by ISIS-K, a radical affiliate of the Daesh group. Active in Afghanistan, the terror group has been fighting enemies including the Taliban.
The attacks came as the United States and western countries have been scrambling to evacuate Americans, westerners and their Afghan partners from Afghanistan since the Taliban entered Kabul on Aug 15.
After seizing Kabul, the Taliban said all U.S. troops must leave Afghanistan no later than Aug 31, and Biden has upheld that deadline. — NNN-AGENCIES