An explosion erupted Thursday near the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, causing multiple casualties. The suspected suicide bomb left at least 13 dead, including children, a Taliban official told Reuters. A U.S. official added that American troops were among the wounded. The Russian Foreign Ministry said the bomb killed two or more people and wounded another 15. The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed an explosion took place but said it did not know the number of casualties. The United Kingdom’s defense ministry in a social media post it was “working urgently to establish what has happened in Kabul and its impact on the ongoing evacuation effort.” “Our primary concern remains the safety of our personnel, British citizens, and the citizens of Afghanistan. We are in close contact with our U.S. and other NATO allies at an operational level on the immediate response to this incident,” it added. According to Afghan journalist Bilal …
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