Afghanistan this afternoon, the Pentagon has announced.The Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby took to Twitter to announce the news and said there was an "unknown number of casualties".It comes after the UK armed forces minister James Heappey said there was "very credible reporting" that an affiliate of the so-called Islamic State in Afghanistan, Isis-K, could carry out an attack in "hours" as people attempt to flee the Taliban-run country.
Over the next 24 hours the UK will run 11 flights out the airport before it switches to evacuating UK troops ahead of the August 31 deadline.Kirby tweeted: "We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport."Casualties are unclear at this time."We will provide additional details when we can."Moments.
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