"Stop killing Afghans please," Rashid Khan and Mohammed Nabi condemn attack at Kabul Airport

The twin suicide bomb attacks at Kabul airport killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops.

People gather to check on missing relatives after a twin suicide bombs attack | GETTY

Afghanistan cricket stars, Rashid Khan and Mohammad Nabi, condemned the recent bomb blasts in Kabul airport. Both the cricketers posted a tweet against the killing of innocents.

“Kabul is bleeding again STOP KILLING AFGHAN PLEASE," wrote Rashid in his tweet. Earlier, the leg-spinner was seen playing The Hundred match with the Afghanistan flag painted on his cheeks. 

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Nabi's tweet read, “I express my deepest condolences to my countrymen who lost their lives in today’s attack in the vicinity of Kabul airport. We condemn such attacks on the strongest possible terms and urge the world to help Afghans get through these tough times.”

As per reports, ISIS has taken responsibility for the suicide bomb attack on Thursday (August 26) in the crowded Kabul airport. The attacks killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said. 

People were looking to leave the country after Taliban took over Afghanistan. Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani has already resigned and left the country.

Currently, commercial flight operations from around the world have been closed at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul due to the ongoing crisis.

 
 

By - 27 Aug, 2021

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