A statement on Thursday, the Pentagon press secretary John Kirby confirmed the two explosions outside Kabul Airport were the “result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of US & civilian casualties.
” Twelve American service workers were killed and a number of others are being treated for wounds, US officials told The Associated Press.

One explosion was a suicide bombing near to the closed Abbey Gate where British troops had been stationed, according to the BBC, while the second explosion was close to the Baron Hote.