Oyogist has learned that at least 85 people, including 75 civilians and 13 US soilders have been confirmed dead in the two explosions outside Kabul airport, a hospital source and a Taliban official in the Afghan capital say.
The recent attack marks the worst single-day loss for American troops in Afghanistan since the August 2011 attack on a Chinook helicopter that killed 30 service members.
The US troops helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule are bracing for more attacks.
Thursday’s attack was claimed by ISIL (ISIS) offshoot in Afghanistan, The Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (ISIS-K), which said its suicide bombers singled out “translators and collaborators with the American army”.
