Daesh claims responsibility for Kabul airport attack
Daesh terrorist militia has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kabul airport via its Amaq news outlet. Daesh statement claimed that some 160 were killed or wounded in a suicide attack, and said the victims were US forces and others collaborating with them.
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- Published Date: 10:58 | 26 August 2021
- Modified Date: 11:05 | 26 August 2021
Daesh claimed responsibility for a deadly attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday, the group's Amaq News Agency said on its Telegram channel.
A suicide bomber from the Daesh militant group "managed to reach a large gathering of translators and collaborators with the American army at 'Baran Camp' near Kabul Airport and detonated his explosive belt among them, killing about 60 people and wounding more than 100 others, including Taliban fighters," it said.
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