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Jacinda Ardern has condemned the "despicable attack" on Kabul airport in Afghanistan and confirmed the final Defence Force evacuee flight has landed safely in the UAE.
At least 90 Afghans are dead and more than 140 wounded after a terrorist attack by ISIS at Kabul's airport overnight. The US Central Command confirmed 12 US troops were killed and 15 were injured.
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At least 90 Afghan civilians and 12 members of the US military have been killed in twin suicide bombings at Kabul's international airport as foreign evacuation efforts continue.
The attack comes just a day after Western nations - including New Zealand - advised citizens and visa holders on the ground to avoid Hamid Karzai International Airport due to terrorism threats. The site has become the centre point of tensions in Afghanistan, with thousands of people flocking to it with hopes of getting on an evacuation aircraft out of the country, which recently fell to the Taliban.
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Read more: Who is ISIS-K, believed to be behind Kabul airport bombing
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There were at least two explosions near Kabul's airport amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan on Thursday, the Pentagon said, with civilians and US service members among the casualties of what was described as a "complex attack".
US officials said they were concerned that further attacks could occur at the airport following the twin blasts, which health officials have said killed at least 60 people. The Taliban earlier said at least 13 were dead, including children.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/kabul-airport-attack-two-explosions-children-among-the-dead.html
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Another pandemic just as bad as COVID-19 is likely to happen within the lifetime of most people reading this article, US scientists say.
Since its discovery in China in late 2019, the SARS-CoV-2 virus has killed millions and infected hundreds of millions, and changed life as we know it. Excluding AIDS - which the World Health Organization classifies as a 'global epidemic' - COVID-19 is the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu a century ago.
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Read more: Scientists predict when the next pandemic as bad as COVID-19 might happen
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There were at least two explosions near Kabul's airport amid a huge and chaotic evacuation effort from Afghanistan on Thursday, the Pentagon said, with civilians and US service members among the casualties of what was described as a "complex attack".
US officials said they were concerned that further attacks could occur at the airport following the twin blasts, which a Taliban official said killed at least 13 people, including children, and wounded many Taliban guards.
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Read more: Kabul airport attack: Two explosions, children among the dead
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Western nations have warned of a possible attack on Kabul’s airport, where thousands have flocked as they try to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan in the waning days of a massive airlift.
With the August 31 deadline looming for the US to totally withdraw troops from America's longest war, several nations have landed flight after flight onto the single runway at Kabul's international airport to evacuate thousands of people who fear a return to the Taliban's brutal rule.
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Read more: Western nations warn of possible attack at Kabul airport amid Afghanistan evacuation
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This year may well turn out to have been a “the golden year” for New Zealand, with more Covid-19 incursions and lockdowns inevitable once the border is reopened, a top Government advisor has warned.
The dire prediction came from Professor Sir David Skegg, who heads the Strategic Covid-19 Public Health Advisory Group and has counselled the Government on how to re-open after the pandemic.
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Read more: 2021 may prove a 'golden year' with more outbreaks, lockdowns expected next year
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Read more: Hercules completes second flight from Kabul with evacuees
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