BREAKING! EXPLOSION OUTSIDE KABUL AIRPORT: Imminent Islamic Terror Attack Imminent As Americans Told By ‘Biden’ State Department NOT TO GO TO AIRPORT

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Related: Sots fired at Kabul airport:

Quoting intelligence reports, the Italian government has confirmed the shots were not fired at the plane, instead they were fired to disperse the crowd at the airport, Reuters reports.

Earlier, a defence source said the C-130 transporter, carrying almost 100 Afghan civilians, had come under attack minutes after take off.

Explosion reported at Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to US officials

From CNN’s Barbara Starr and Kylie Atwood

There was an explosion at the Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, according to two US officials.

One official said there are injuries amongst Afghans, but there is no information yet on any US casualties.

CNN’s Barbara Starr noted that the situation continues to develop and there are still few answers on what occurred.

9 min ago

Polish evacuation effort in Afghanistan will end Thursday, prime minister says

From CNN’s Niamh Kennedy and Antonia Mortensen

The Polish evacuation effort in Afghanistan will end Thursday, according to a statement from Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

The statement posted on Twitter announced that the “evacuation operation for Poles and Polish associates” ends Thursday.

According to Morawiecki the Polish evacuation operation began in June “when the situation in Poland began to deteriorate.”

The prime minister added that Poland “will provide support on Polish territory to all evacuees from Afghanistan.”

A further tweet from the Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Poland said that “thanks to diplomatic and coordination actions” Poland had “managed to help 937 people.”

At least 356 children were included amongst the 937 people, the Chancellery said, adding that a total of 14 flights had departed from Afghanistan to Poland.

“We helped our allies to evacuate partners from Lithuania, Estonia and the International Monetary Fund,” it said.

9:30 AM:

Top US diplomat in Kabul: There undoubtedly will be people who want to leave “who will be unable to”

From CNN’s Jennifer Hansler

The top US diplomat in Afghanistan on Thursday acknowledged that “there undoubtedly will be people in this country who would like to get out who will be unable to” as US evacuation efforts draw to a close.

Amb. Ross Wilson said the United States and other nations were working to try to make sure that Afghans who want to leave the country after Aug. 31 are permitted to do so by the Taliban, but he did not offer any guarantees.

Speaking about the evacuation efforts so far, Wilson said, “our primary focus, I’ll be direct on this, has been American citizens.”

“That’s the charge from President Biden and that’s what we’ve been working on most aggressively,” he said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”

“We have also worked very aggressively to get, to facilitate the evacuation of nationals from European and other countries who are here, to facilitate the evacuation of those who work for us, and, as well as those who have worked for us – the so called Special Immigrant Visa pool,” Wilson said.

“Each of those presents big challenges. Our effort is focused on getting the most, the most in those categories that we possibly can out, with special attention to American citizens,” he said.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that there were as many as 1,500 US citizens who may be seeking to leave Afghanistan. There are tens of thousands of other vulnerable Afghans who are likely to be left behind once US evacuation efforts end.

10:00 AM:

Top US diplomat in Kabul: Security threat around airport “regarded as credible, as imminent, as compelling”

From CNN’s Jennifer Hansler

The top US diplomat in Kabul, Amb. Ross Wilson, said Thursday that he could not get into the specifics of the security threat outside the gates of the Kabul airport cited in an embassy alert, but noted that “it was clearly regarded as credible, as imminent, as compelling.”

“Our intention was to urge Americans and frankly others not to come to the airport,” Wilson said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” Thursday. 

“For American citizens in particular, we are working other ways, on an individualized basis, to assist them in getting to the airport in a safe and secure manner,” he said.

“Being part of these huge crowds that remain around the gates, entrances to the airport, is dangerous. We’re obviously concerned about our own people as well,” Wilson said.

The US Embassy in Kabul on Wednesday evening ET time advised US citizens at a number of gates at the airport to “leave immediately,” noting “security threats outside the gates.”

The alert came as the administration has raised alarm about the potential of an attack by ISIS-K. ISIS-Khorasan is a branch of the terror group that first emerged in Syria and Iraq. While the affiliates share an ideology and tactics, the depth of their relationship with regards to organization and command and control has never been entirely established.

The US believes ISIS-K, which is a sworn enemy of the Taliban, wants to create mayhem at the airport and has intelligence streams suggesting it is capable and planning to carry out multiple attacks, according to the official.

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