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CASUALTIES REPORTED IN AFGHANISTAN ATTACK AT KABUL AIRPORT; PLUS, STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISORY

( www.theslicenews.com ): The U.S evacuation mission in Afghanistan has been halted by an attack at the Kabul Airport . The Pentagon has described two explosions near the Abby Gate, the main exit point at the Kabul Airport as a "complex attack." The Pentagon cofirmed the bombings Thursday morning. At least one of the bombings is suspected to have been carried out by a suicide bomber. The United States State Department put out an alert indicating that there was also gunfire mixed in with the two bombings. Officials have not confirmed the source of the attacks although there have been threats from the Taliban. Casualities have been reported in the midst of the catastrophe. The Associated Press reported on Thursday morning that the incident killed at least 2 people and wounded 15 based on information from Russian officials. By the after noon, CNN reported 13 dead and 52 wounded. "Very large numbers of people have been killed," a CNN reporter on the gro...