We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can.
https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/1430888975917453313
Waiting for updates.
CNN says; The explosion outside the Kabul airport was at one of the entry gates and appears to be a suicide attack, three US officials tell CNN's national security team.
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1430894131077779472
AP says: Pentagon: Blast outside Kabul airport, no word on casualties
https://apnews.com/article/europe-france-evacuations-kabul-9e457201e5bbe75a4eb1901fedeee7a1?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter
From Capitol Hill sources. Fox is told the attack in Kabul was sparked with someone with suicide vest followed by a gunfight. All airport gates are closed. This was described as a “complex attack”
https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1430896640919969797
From Pergram.
Colleague Lucas Tomlinson rpts at least 3 U.S. troops have been wounded in the suicide bombing outside Abbey Gate at Kabul Airport
https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1430896847397158914
Fox News reported that a Chinook left Kabul airspace to evac people. Nose is twitching on this.
Almonds Activated.
Cap Hill sources say Multiple explosions in Kabul. No safe gates at airport. The incident comes at the airport as lawmakers and their aides have been scrambling to get Americans and certain Afghans out. Fox is told there may be persons with multiple suicide vests
https://twitter.com/ChadPergram/status/1430898568894631955
Rep. Lee Zeldin: Spike Lee’s 9/11 Conspiracy Comments Are ‘Revolting’
“The amount of heat that it takes to make steel melt, that temperature’s not reached,” the filmmaker said, adding, “And then the juxtaposition of the way Building 7 fell to the ground — when you put it next to other building collapses that were demolitions, it’s like you’re looking at the same thing.”
“But people [are] going to make up their own mind,” Lee continued. “My approach is to put the information in the movie and let people decide for themselves. I respect the intelligence of the audience.”
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2021/08/26/exclusive-rep-lee-zeldin-spike-lees-9-11-conspiracy-comments-are-revolting/
Facebook considering formation of election advisory group: report
Facebook is considering forming an advisory board with academics and policy experts to advise the company on content moderation decisions related to global elections, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
The advisory commission would make decisions around how to handle election misinformation — a topic Facebook has faced fierce scrutiny over — five people with knowledge of discussions told the Times.
If the board is set up, the social media giant is expected to announce it this, fall ahead of the 2022 midterm elections, the Times reported.
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/569520-facebook-considering-formation-of-election-advisory-group-report
Second explosion reported outside of Hamid Karzai Airport in Kabul
https://twitter.com/GretaLWall/status/1430900496978518028
Reports of a second suicide bombing outside the Baron Hotel near Kabul airport, the site where Americans were gathering for rescue operations.
169 Americans were rescued from that location by three U.S. helicopters last week.
https://twitter.com/alexsalvinews/status/1430899714690478095
Precisely. On a whim I turned on Faux News an our ago and watched Bill Hemmer report the Chinook saving people.
I can't find it.
Sus AF!
Germany bugged out.
https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1430904437950750726
Here's what we know so far following terror attacks in Kabul:
https://twitter.com/ElectionWiz/status/1430904762782818311
'Suicide bomb' kills 13 at Kabul airport: Multiple casualties, including children – with three US Marines wounded - as explosion tears through crowd hours after ISIS attack warning
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9928133/Car-bomb-threat-forces-Kabul-airport-CLOSE-citizens-345-seater-plane-leaves-empty.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline
One of the commenters claimed France has fled. Not surprising.
Democrats doing what they do best.
Blaming the victims.
https://twitter.com/CBSEveningNews/status/1430689041339584516
We can confirm that the explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of US & civilian casualties. We can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, a short distance from Abbey Gate. We will continue to update.
https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/1430907314043719683
White House says it's postponing today's Covid-19 briefing to an unspecified time after the Kabul explosion:
https://twitter.com/AndrewSolender/status/1430908531989909512
Only map i could find quickly.
Emergency Hospital in Kabul says 30 wounded people have arrived there with 6 dead on arrival
https://twitter.com/GretaLWall/status/1430911081073954819
BREAKING: A British defence source said it is “highly likely” Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) was responsible for the attacks outside Kabul airport.
The defence source said the first explosion outside Kabul Airport by the Baron Hotel is thought to have been a suicide bomber.
The second explosion at nearby Abbey Gate is thought to have been a car bomb, according to an initial assessment.
https://twitter.com/haynesdeborah/status/1430909125995634692