Kabul airlift in final phase as US warns of more attacks – Live

US forces begin final phase of evacuations from Afghan capital amid warnings of another ISKP attack at Kabul airport.

The United States warned of a “specific, credible threat” near the Kabul airport on Sunday as its forces rushed to complete evacuations from Afghanistan by an August 31 deadline and the Taliban prepared to take charge of the key airfield. In a security alert, the US Embassy in Kabul warned of an attack at specific areas of the Kabul airport, including its access gates as US President Joe Biden told reporters in Washington DC that his commanders had informed him another “attack is highly likely in the next 24-36 hours”. Scores of Afghan civilians and 13 US troops were killed on Thursday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives at the Kabul airport. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State in the Khorasan Province (ISKP or ISIS-K).