Exhausted Kabul hospital staff fear more attacks may come


  • World
  • Friday, 27 Aug 2021

Wounded Afghan men receive treatment at a hospital after yesterday's explosions outside airport in Kabul, Afghanistan August 27, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - Medical staff at Kabul's Emergency Hospital worked through the night into Friday treating casualties from the twin blasts that tore through crowds waiting outside the airport. They are fearful about what comes next.

At least 85 people were killed in the attack, claimed by Islamic State in a terrifying return of suicide bombings that were a regular part of life before the Taliban's conquest of the city less than two weeks ago.

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