Blast near Kabul airport

• In what was until yesterday the messiah of citizens who were desperate to flee Taliban rule, has come under bomb attack

• The Kabul airport became the site of two bomb explosions amid the chaotic rush to people and evacuations by different countries

• U.S. officials said 11 Marines and one Navy medic were among those who died. They said another 12 service members were wounded and warned the toll could grow. More than 140 Afghans were wounded, an Afghan official said.

• The two suicide bombers and gunmen attacked crowds who were going to Kabul airport in order to get out of the country

• Notably, the US has come under severe criticism due to its haste withdrawal, leaving the region in turmoil and creating a vacuum that ultimately got filled in with Taliban militants.