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Afghan crisis: New urgency to airlift after blast in Kabul kills over 100

Despite repeated warnings of more attacks, crowds throng airport to flee

Afghans lie on beds at a hospital after they were wounded in the terror attack outside the airport in Kabul. According to one estimate, the incident has claimed 169 Afghans, so far. (Photo: AP/PTI)
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Afghans lie on beds at a hospital after they were wounded in the terror attack outside the airport in Kabul. According to one estimate, the incident has claimed 169 Afghans, so far. (Photo: AP/PTI)

Agencies Kabul/Washington
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after at least one suicide bombing targeted the thousands of people desperately fleeing a Taliban takeover and killed more than 100. Large crowds milled around Kabul airport despite repeated warnings of more terrorist attacks, a day after 13 US service members died in the attack, just ahead of next week’s end to America’s longest war.
 
The window for civilian evacuations has all but closed for thousands of Afghans as many countries have either ended or are about to end airlift operations on security concerns. American President Joe

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