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🔴 A "lethal" terrorist attack targeting those who are desperately hoping to be airlifted from Afghanistan could happen within hours, a minister has warned

Follow the latest updates on our liveblog ⬇️
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🔴James Heappey, the armed forces minister, said the advice to those queuing around Kabul airport had changed, and that they should return to a "safe place", because of a "credible" risk to life

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It has been reported that the threat is posed by Isis-K.

Here's how Isis-K came to exist and why it poses such a threat to US forces in Afghanistan ⬇️
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James Heappey confirmed that a further 1,988 people have left Kabul over eight RAF flights in the past 24 hours

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🔴The withdrawal from Afghanistan is "clearly a defeat" and "damaging" for the US and allied countries in the West, a former national security adviser has said

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The Government is "not being overly cautious" about the prospects of a terrorist attack on Kabul airport, a minister has said.

🔴"The threat, while I can't give you the details, is very credible, very imminent, very lethal," said James Heappey

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🗣️"Please evacuate me. I was your interpreter, I helped you, I served for you, but you don’t care for me"

🔓 This report from Kabul is currently free to read
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British military efforts to evacuate people from Afghanistan have been “diverted” because of the attempts to rescue animals being cared for by a former Royal Marine, the Defence Secretary has claimed

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🔴 NEW: The Taliban will ban music in public, because the movement considers it un-Islamic, according to the group's chief spokesman

Afghanistan's new rulers said they hoped to persuade people to abide by the new rule, rather than force them
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🔴The Government's latest advice for UK nationals in Afghanistan urges them to leave the vicinity of Kabul airport due to the "ongoing and high threat" of a terror attack

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🔴The Taliban has mocked the US by recreating the famous picture of American soldiers raising the Stars and Stripes after invading the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in 1945 during the Second World War

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Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary, has reportedly told MPs that crossing the Afghanistan land border would be a "better option" than using Kabul airport.

Thousands of people have travelled to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border ⤵️
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🗣️A British Army surgeon has described the moment he cared for children separated from their parents.

The children included the young baby filmed being passed over barbed wire fence to soldiers at Kabul airport

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🔴Boris Johnson has said the Government is trying to be "transparent" and "realistic" about the intelligence it has received pointing to a credible - and imminent - terror threat in Kabul

Follow the latest updates ⬇️
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❌The Prime Minister has denied suggestions he personally intervened to help former marine Pen Farthing, who is seeking to get his rescue animals out of Afghanistan

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📅August 31st will not be the end of the UK's commitment to helping those who wish to flee Afghanistan, Boris Johnson has said

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🔴Boris Johnson has said the next challenge would be to help Afghan refugees "integrate into our society".

He added: "Everybody involved - the UK military, everybody at the airport - should be incredibly proud"

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🗣️Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary has hit back at the continued criticism by friends of Pen Farthing over the pets trying to get back the UK.

"No one, at any stage has blocked a flight. This is a total myth", he says.

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🔴 NEW: There are reports of shots being fired at an Italian military plane as it flew out of Kabul airport.

The plane is not understood to be damaged.

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❌Ben Wallace has accused the supporters of a former marine seeking to get his rescue animals out of Kabul of “bullying, falsehoods and threatening behaviour”

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🚨 BREAKING: The Pentagon has confirmed that there has been an explosion outside Kabul airport.

John Kirby, the press secretary says the number of casualties is unknown

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🔴US officials say that the explosion at Kabul Airport looks to be a suicide attack.

The explosion has happened in a drainage canal along the road to the airport.

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🔴The Ministry of Defence says it is working to establish what happened at Kabul airport

"Our primary concern remains the safety of our personnel, British citizens and the citizens of Afghanistan"

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🔴Three US soldiers may have been injured in the blast, it has been reported.

The situation is moving very quickly on the ground, but the attack could put the rest of the air lift in jeopardy

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🔴UPDATE: A Taliban spokesperson says at least 13 people have been killed, including children.

The claims have not yet been verified
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🔴There are reports that there was also gunfire and a second bomb blast.

Taliban guards are said to be injured, which would likely suggest the attack came from ISIS-K
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UK defence sources are suggesting that no British troops have been injured.

However, an update from the US State Department says: "Initial reports suggest four or more US service personnel may have been injured or killed in the explosion"
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🇬🇧Prime Minister Boris Johnson will chair an emergency COBRA meeting this afternoon, says Downing Street

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🔴The situation on the ground in Kabul is moving quickly, following a suicide bomb attack outside the airport.

This is what we know so far
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🔴NEW: Pentagon confirms second blast

John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary has confirmed that there was a second blast, in what he called a "complex attack"

Read more ⬇️

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🔴The suicide bomber struck by Kabul airport's Abbey Gate.

The attack was followed up by gunfire and then another explosion near the Baron hotel
🔴Pen Farthing was caught up in attack

The former Royal Marine who was near to the explosion close to Kabul airport has said his vehicle was targeted by a gunman amid the chaos

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🗣️Jens Stoltenberg, Nato Secretary General, says: "I strongly condemn the horrific terrorist attack outside Kabul airport"

Read the full NATO statement here ⬇️

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🔴Casualties have been rushed to hospital following the explosion
🔴The emergency hospital in #Kabul has taken in 60 wounded people so far, it is being reported

Read the latest updates here ⬇️

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🗣️A Ministry of Defence update: "There have been no reported UK military or UK Government casualties following the incidents in Kabul"

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@Telegraph's Lucy Fisher has been talking to MoD sources about what this attack means for evacuations

📷The first pictures are emerging from the scene of the multi-bomb attack near Kabul airport.

Read more ⬇️

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🇺🇸An update from the White House says President #Biden met with his national security team this morning.

He will continue to be briefed on updates on the evolving situation throughout the day

Read more ⬇️

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🔴Antonio Guterres has confirmed there have been no UN staff casualties "as far as we know at this moment"

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🔴Transport secretary Grant Shapps says that airlines should avoid flying over Afghanistan at less than 25,000ft.

Read the latest updates on #Afghanistan here⬇️

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🔴Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesman has said that the attack took place in an area that was the responsibility of US troops

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🇺🇸The Pentagon has confirmed US deaths

John Kirby, Pentagon press secretary has confirmed that "a number of US service members were killed in today's complex attack at Kabul airport"
🇬🇧Boris Johnson has vowed to continue the evacuation effort in Afghanistan following a "barbaric" terrorist attack at Kabul airport

Read the latest updates on #Afghanistan here ⬇️

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🗣️The Prime Minister said the "overwhelming majority" of eligible people have already been helped to flee the Taliban by the RAF and "we are going to keep going up until the last moment"

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🚨BREAKING: As many as 12 US soldiers are among those killed in a devastating blast outside Kabul airport

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🔴The death toll from the double bomb blast stands at at least 60. More than 100 others are wounded

Read the latest updates on our liveblog ⬇️

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🇺🇸Biden is now faced with a difficult choice: Continue the evacuation and risk more deaths or end it earlier than planned and risk leaving behind Americans who are still seeking to leave the country

Read the latest updates on #Afghanistan here ⬇️

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The Prime Minister has hailed the efforts of the UK Military Strategic Command Centre in moving people out of Afghanistan

🔴NOW: Pentagon press briefing

Watch it live here ⬇️

🇺🇸General Kenneth F. McKenzie confirms that 12 US servicemembers have died today following the explosion in Kabul.

He said there were two suicide bombers and a number of gunmen

Read the latest updates on our liveblog ⬇️

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🇬🇧 Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has released a statement

🗣️"Today’s attack is a stark reminder of the dangerous situation in which UK military and civilian personnel have been working so hard to evacuate people"

Read the full statement here ⬇️

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🇦🇫"The combination of Western forces, large numbers of people crowded in a tense situation and the intense glare of the international media made Kabul airport a highly attractive target for a terrorist organisation," writes @raffpantucci

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'We expect the attacks to continue'

🇺🇸General McKenzie is asked about the ongoing threat from ISIS: "We expect the attacks to continue," he says
🇺🇸General McKenzie says that they do not need extra troops at the airport.

🗣️"We have the resources we need to protect ourselves," says General McKenzie

Read the latest updates from the #Pentagon briefing here ⬇️

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🚨Breaking: ISIS-K claims credit for attack

ISIS-K appear to have formally claimed responsibility for the attack at Kabul airport on Thursday
In a statement on its Telegram channel via the Amaq News Agency, ISIS-K said: "The attacker was able to reach a distance of no less than five metres from the American forces"

Read the latest updates on #Afghanistan here ⬇️

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🇦🇫Today was America's deadliest day in Afghanistan for a decade.

❌It has ramped up pressure on Joe Biden, with Republicans saying the US president had "blood on his hands"

Read @benfarmerDT, @LOS_Fisher and @nickallen789's full report ⬇️

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@benfarmerDT @LOS_Fisher @nickallen789 Joe Biden has told the attackers who killed US troops in Kabul: "We will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down and make you pay."

Follow the latest in our live blog 👇

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The number of US troops killed in the Kabul blasts has risen to 13, with 18 injured.

Joe Biden has promised to "respond with force".

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