Pentagon officials had warned in the aftermath of Thursday's bombing that another attack, including one using a car bomb or some other device, was still a possibility.
Through a press statement, the members of Security Council condemned "in the strongest terms the deplorable attacks," which were claimed by the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, an Afghan affiliate of IS in Iraq and the Levant, Xinhua news agency reported.
The lawmakers said the US military should commit to responding with overwhelming force to continued attacks on or around the Kabul airport.
Pentagon said that the deadly attack outside Kabul airport the previous day was carried out by one suicide bomber and that there wasn't a second explosion at a nearby hotel.
The Pentagon said there was one Islamic State suicide bomber, who struck at the Abbey Gate, where desperate Afghans were crowding to try and enter Kabul airport grounds and where U.S. troops were conducting security checks.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Christofer Burger said Friday there are also some 10,000 Afghans who worked for German forces or for other reasons had been identified as entitled to evacuation. But it's unclear how many of those might have found a way out other than on German flights.
Ultimately, the attack strategically benefits the Haqqani network as it will likely speed up foreign departures and prevent the prospect of further evacuations.
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A day after Kabul airport suicide blasts, France on Friday said that it had established an 'operational contact' with Taliban to facilitate evacuations from Afghanistan.
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Speaking about Afghans who have been evacuated to India, MEA said, "MHA has announced e-emergency visas. These are six-month visas. So they are currently coming here under the six-month visa regime. We will take it from there."
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, a day after two suicide bombings targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover and killed more than 100.
"There are no fights in Kabul fortunately, but there were fights in other regions, in other cities, and as we work in the whole country we were very concerned by the issues of fights," ICRC spokesperson said.
Two blasts have been reported at Kabul Airport. Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul’s airport on Thursday which killed more than 100 people, including 13 US troops. The Islamic State group (ISIS) claimed responsibility of the Kabul airport suicide attack.
Kabul residents said several flights took off Friday morning, while footage showed the anxious crowd outside the airport as large as ever.
Evacuation resumes at Kabul airport day after ISIS suicide attack killed over 100.
The ISIS(K) issued a statement claiming responsibility for the horrible suicide attacks. It said, its targets were American troops and their Afghan allies. The statement also carried the photograph of the suicide bomber who carried out the attack.
Though Saleh did not directly pin blame on Pakistan, he said in his tweet that the Taliban seem to be 'learning from their master'.
"Protection of civilians and rights and freedoms of Afghan people- in particular women and children must be a priority," the UNGA president said on Thursday in a note emailed to UN correspondents, Xinhua news agency reported.
Two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds of Afghans flocking to Kabul's airport Thursday, transforming a scene of desperation into one of horror in the waning days of an airlift for those fleeing the Taliban takeover.
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