U.S., others warn of threat at airport in Kabul and tell citizens to 'leave immediately.'

[PatSeg]

Source: New York Times

The U.S. Embassy warned Americans to stay away from the Kabul airport and told anyone outside the perimeter to “leave immediately,” citing unnamed security threats.

The British and Australian governments issued similar warnings, with Australian officials describing “an ongoing and very high threat of terrorist attack.”

The warnings came as the last of the estimated 1,500 Americans still in Afghanistan try to make it to the airport to leave before the U.S. withdrawal on Aug. 31. Tens of thousands of Afghan nationals are camped outside the perimeter of the airport in desperate attempts to escape on the last flights out.

It was not immediately clear what prompted the advisories, or whether they described a specific new threat or reflected ongoing concerns. But the U.S. Embassy warning cited three areas of particular concern.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/25/world/asia/us-kabul-airport-threat.html

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This sounds really serious.

[Budi]

1. Human life means nothing to them. They aren't the 1st in human history to mass murder.

Which Embasssys remained open & unevacuated?

Russia, China maybe?

[PatSeg]

3. There was talk that it might be an imminent

threat from the new Isis K. Whatever it is, it sounded pretty intimidating.

[Hekate]

2. KnR. Gods help them

Sincerely

[dalton99a]

4. Probably car bombs or suicide bombers

[PatSeg]

5. That was what I was thinking

As it was stressed to stay away from the gates. I don't think it was Taliban related, more likely Isis. The Taliban wants to see us gone. The threat seemed very urgent and came from more than just U.S. intelligence.