Blasts strike Kabul airport; kill at least 13, including children

ISIS role suspected behind attack; foreigners, US troops injured

Two explosions outside Kabul’s international airport caused an unknown number of casualties and deaths less than a week before US forces are due to depart.
 
“A number of US & civilian casualties” were caused by one blast outside the Abbey Gate used by people seeking to flee Afghanistan, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
 
He called it a “complex attack” and it came after US and Nato officials warned their citizens to avoid heading toward the airport. Reports said at least 13 people were killed, citing a Taliban security official, and that Taliban guards were wounded in the blasts.