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Two bombings happened this morning around nine forty five eastern time in kabul one

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at a gate that leads to the kabul airport the other at a nearby hotel about a thousand

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meters apart there are a number of dead in the nearby drainage ditch

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in the pentagon now confirms a number of united states troops were killed we have a

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statement that's come in from the pentagon from john kirby who's the spokesperson...they still

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not held a news briefing yet but I do want to show you that statement and here it is we can

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confirm that a number of us service members were killed in today's complex attack at the

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couple airport a number of others are being treated for wounds we also know that a

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number of afghans fell victim to this heinous attack he goes on our thoughts,

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thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones and teammates of

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alpha of all of those killed and injured we have new reporting and from the wall street

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journal nbc news cannot confirm this but the wall street journal is reporting that

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while no group has claimed responsibility western governments did earlier this week

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warn of islamic states regional affiliate isis k us envoy in

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kabul again from the wall street journal told staff that four marines were killed and

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three of the entered in attack...for official familiar with this briefing

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a senior afghan health official tells the wall street journal that the death toll among

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civilians in afghanistan afghan civilians is sixty.

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With more quote...fighting for their lives and of course the taliban

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seize control of the city and the united states now relies on the taliban

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for security the president had promised in a statement back on friday of last

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week that if any of our operations were disrupted or any of our troops were harmed

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there would be swift and forceful response the president spent much of the morning we're told in the

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situation room with visors and others assessing the situation

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and getting reports he's now in the oval office we're told taking briefings from

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his defense department and others were led to believe that we will have some sort of

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statement at some point from the present giving the gravity of the situation that you would expect

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as much the question now is how does this move forward there are questions about

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whether the evacuation can continue under the current security situation the united states relying

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on and on what amounts to a terrorist organization for

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...security and now it appears at least...has been confirmed prices k

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...sworn enemy has come in and disrupted the entire affair

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...killing us citizens and us troops and others question now is how can the

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evacuation continue the security situation has evolved to nothing at this point we have no

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indication that people are now going in and out of that airport we don't know whether flight operations

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can continue and on what level those operations are operating are going forward

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at this moment so when we get news from the pentagon or the white house will bring you that for now though

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the latest from the pentagon a number of

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united states troops have been killed and active situation in kabul this evening.