US warns of 'credible threat' at Kabul airport, urges Americans to leave vicinity

The US Embassy in Afghanistan warned of a specific threat to Kabul airport and appealed to its citizens to avoid travelling to the airport and avoid all airport gates. 

New Delhi: The US Embassy in Afghanistan cited intelligence inputs warning of a specific threat to Kabul airport and appealed to its citizens to leave the airport vicinity. US citizens are being urged to avoid travelling to the airport and avoid all airport gates at this time.  "Due to a specific, credible threat, all US citizens in the vicinity of Kabul airport (HKIA), including the South (Airport Circle) gate, the new Ministry of the Interior, and the gate near the Panjshir Petrol station on the northwest side of the airport, should leave the airport area immediately," the embassy said in a security alert. US President Joe Biden too briefed the media on the issue, saying, "Our commanders informed me that an attack is highly likely in the next 24-36 hours." Further, he said he has instructed them to take all possible measures to protect their troops, who are securing the airport and helping bring onto the airfield Americans and others desperate to escape Taliban rule