US Embassy in Kabul Advises Americans to Avoid Airport, Citing Security Threats

US Embassy in Kabul Advises Americans to Avoid Airport, Citing Security Threats
Evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 23, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Handout via Reuters
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The U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital city, issued a statement on Aug. 25 advising Americans in the country to avoid traveling to Kabul airport, citing security threats.

“Because of security threats outside the gates of Kabul airport, we are advising U.S. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so,” the embassy said in a security alert.
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