At least 12 American soldiers believed to have been killed in the attacks today in Kabul Airport, according to the first indications, US officials reported to Reuters on Thursday night.
Fox aired a few minutes earlier that 11 of them were marines. A reporter for the same medium, also citing US officials, wrote on Twitter earlier tonight that the dead American soldiers were “at least 10” and the dozens injured.
Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that the US ambassador to Kabul said that four American Marines lost their lives.
A Pentagon spokesman confirmed hours ago that “a number of US Marines” were among those killed. victims of the attack.
The information about 10 of dead US soldiers was also broadcast by the Anadolu agency.
At least 40 are dead
It is pointed out that the exact number of victims has not been clarified. A Taliban official said 13-20 people, including young children, were killed. Sources in the Afghan Ministry of Health have raised that number to at least 40, while the injured amount to hundreds.
They condemned the attack the UN, NATO, the EU, dozens governments but also the Taliban.
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