Afghanistan: toll of Kabul airport attack climbs to 85 dead and more than 160 injured

Horror at the gates of the airport.

The toll is growing in Kabul after the double suicide bombing perpetrated on Thursday and claimed by the Islamic State.

At least 85 people were killed.

A figure that would even climb to more than 90 according to CNN, which uses information from the Afghan Ministry of Health.

More than 160 people were injured.

“There are a lot of women and children among the victims.

Most people are shocked, traumatized, ”a former government official told AFP on Friday.

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The Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, said this morning, on Europe 1, that there were "no French victims" even if "we do not yet know the full reality of this horror" .

For its part, Washington said 13 US soldiers were dead and at least 18 wounded.

Clément Beaune: the evacuation operation led by the French in Afghanistan "can go beyond tonight (...) We will continue until the last possible second" # Europe1 pic.twitter.com/6toNFDZEi7

- Europe 1 🎧🌍📻 (@ Europe1) August 27, 2021

Other attacks expected

An explosion took place near Abbey Gate, one of the accesses to Kabul airport, where, for more than 10 days and the arrival of the Taliban in the capital, thousands of Afghans have been thronging. hope to be able to leave the country.

Another sounded near the Hotel Baron.

According to Washington, this double attack would have been followed by a shooting.

A few hours later, a third powerful explosion was heard in Kabul.

According to the Taliban, this would not be an attack but a destruction of equipment by the US military, which has not yet confirmed.

The United States expects the IS attacks to "continue" until their official departure on August 31.

The evacuation operations, disrupted by the attack, will still continue, said US President Joe Biden.

Despite extraordinary dangers and risks, we were able to evacuate more than 100,000 people in just a matter of days.

We can - and we must - complete our mission.

We will not be deterred by terrorists.

We will not let them stop our mission.

We will continue the evacuation.

- President Biden (@POTUS) August 27, 2021

For France, they were to end this Friday, but Secretary of State Clément Beaune hinted that they could continue "beyond" this day.