French President Emmanuel Macron condemned Thursday evening
"with the greatest firmness
the terrorist attacks
" that
occurred near the Kabul airport.
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In a statement, he expresses
"his condolences to the families of the American and Afghan victims, sends his support to the wounded, and salutes the heroism of those who are on the ground to carry out the evacuation operations"
, before promise that
"France will complete them and maintain long-term humanitarian and protection action for threatened Afghans"
.
New explosion
A new explosion rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday around midnight, according to AFP journalists, hours after a deadly double suicide bombing at the airport claimed by the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
Emmanuel Macron, visiting Dublin on Thursday, promised that France would try to evacuate
"several hundred"
more Afghans from Kabul, adding that Paris was doing
"the maximum"
to get there but without guarantee due to the security situation.
"Extremely tense"
at the airport.