What is ISIS-K?
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 27 August 2021
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Summary
What we know about the Thursday bombing near the Kabul airport. Plus, an Afghan journalist who left Kabul just before its collapse tells us why she fears for the family and friends she left behind.
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A bombing outside the Kabul airport Thursday left more than a hundred people dead, including civilians and U.S. service members. Military reporter Dan Lamothe says the attack was “a nightmare scenario” for the United States, making the mission to evacuate Afghans and U.S. personnel much more difficult.
Journalist and Fulbright scholar Nasrin Nawa’s flight left Kabul right before the capital fell to the Taliban. In an op-ed she wrote for The Post, Nawa says her parents and sister tried to follow her but didn’t make it out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Martine. |
| 0:04.3 | Before we get to today's show, a quick heads up, |
| 0:06.9 | we are taking a production break next week. |
| 0:09.7 | We're working on upcoming stories |
| 0:11.4 | and some new ideas for the show. |
| 0:13.2 | So you won't see a new episode for a few days, |
| 0:15.4 | but we will be back after Labor Day on Tuesday, September 7th. |
| 0:19.6 | Okay, here's the show. |
| 0:23.8 | Maybe the day I traveled, I still had some hopes. |
| 0:28.6 | But right now, I don't see any hope, nothing. |
| 0:37.3 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, |
| 0:39.2 | this is Post Reports. |
| 0:40.9 | I'm Martine Powers. |
| 0:42.5 | It's Friday, August 27th. |
| 0:45.0 | We are still trying to get answers |
| 0:47.0 | about what happened at Kabul Airport on Thursday. |
| 0:51.0 | The number of people killed there is staggering. |
| 0:54.0 | 13 US service members, dozens of Afghans civilians, |
| 0:57.9 | some reports estimate that 170 people are now dead. |
| 1:02.4 | At least 150 more are injured. |
| 1:05.1 | And a local ISIS affiliate has claimed responsibility |
| 1:09.0 | for the attack. |
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