Afghan Kabul Airport Resumes Evacuation Flights One Day After Bombing Terror Attack

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[Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] Evacuation operations by Western countries have resumed at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, which suffered a large-scale bomb attack.

On the 27th (local time), the AP News Agency reported, citing Kabul residents, that several aircraft took off from Kabul International Airport that morning.

Earlier, the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K) carried out a series of bomb attacks near Kabul Airport around 6 p.m. the previous day, killing more than 100 people.

Thousands of foreigners and local collaborators with the West who wished to escape were waiting near the terror site.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced immediately after the attack that the evacuation of Americans and local helpers and the withdrawal of U.S. troops would proceed as planned.

The White House explained that since August 14, the U.S. has evacuated approximately 101,000 people, including its citizens and local collaborators, from Afghanistan.

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