喀布爾機場撤離的混亂形勢之下,恐怖組織趁機發動恐攻。(湯森路透)
在美國撤軍之際,喀布爾機場26日驚傳自殺炸彈恐怖攻擊案。根據通報,有13名美軍官兵死亡,另有173名阿富人喪命,死傷數字不斷增加,自殺炸彈客是一人而非兩人。
《美國全國公共電台》(NPR)報導,26日的攻擊案,也是美軍自2011年駐軍阿富汗以來,傷亡最慘重的一天。
美國國防部表示,已發動無人機轟炸主事的恐怖組織「伊斯蘭國呼羅珊省」ISIS-K。美軍中央司令部發言人稱,目標已被成功擊斃,但沒有透露其姓名與職位,只說過程中沒有平民被波及。
A US drone has struck a house in eastern #Nangarhar province Qala-e-Naghrak 7th District, last night 12:00AM.
— Aśvaka - آسواکا News Agency (@AsvakaNews) August 28, 2021
The U.S. military says a key member of the Islamic State group has been killed in an airstrike who was mastermind of the #Kabulairport attack. pic.twitter.com/LGUNSf7b18
美國總統拜登對恐攻案回應:「我們不會原諒、忘記這件事,會追捕你直到你付出代價。」白宮則稱,未來幾天形勢將會「最危險」,喀布爾很可能再次發生襲擊案件。
美軍正對喀布爾機場周邊採取最強力的保護措施,確保撤離人員沒有攜帶任何武器。
截至美國東部時間週五凌晨3時,單日有1.25萬人從阿富汗撤離,總撤離人數來到11.1萬人,包含5100美籍公民。持有美國公民、綠卡與特定移民簽證者,將可陸續獲得離開阿富汗的機會,「直到最終時刻」。
推特上不少人分享現場影片,從影片中可以看出現場非常悽慘。《路透》報導,目擊者稱,現場仿若「世界末日」。
「我的腳好像從地面被抽離一樣,一瞬間我以為我的耳膜被炸破了,失去聽力一會......我看到屍體與各種身體部位,像風捲起塑膠袋一樣,屍體、殘肢、老人、受傷的男男女女,兒童倒在一旁。」
「我以為這輩子不會看到末日降臨,但我今天眼見為憑,我看到了什麼叫世界末日。」
震驚的倖存者被遺體絆倒,下水溝渠一點一滴地被染紅。救援速度應接不暇,數十具死者與倖存傷者混作一塊。
GRAPHIC video of Kabul airport explosion. World needs to watch this pic.twitter.com/W1QbM0CZ39
— Ahmad Mukhtar (@AhMukhtar) August 26, 2021
Wounded women arrive at a hospital for treatment following two explosions outside #Kabul_airport.
— Dr. Sahar Rahimi (@SaharRahimi_) August 26, 2021
Wounded women
Wounded mothers
Wounded people
Wounded country
We are all wounded.#Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/qpl3iT20bZ
Children should not face such violence. #Kabulairport #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/4cAcUZRZAD
— Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) August 26, 2021
Long-feared blast at Kabul airport. Many wounded arriving at Emergency Hospital, including children. pic.twitter.com/cZNN1ucETg
— Matthieu Aikins (@mattaikins) August 26, 2021
Deadly blasts at #Kabul airport on Thursday caused "total panic" among Afghans who had thronged outside in the hope of fleeing to safety,away from the country's new #Taliban rulers.
— MinGraph (@Mingraph01) August 26, 2021
Wounded men in blood-soaked clothes were ferried away from the scene in wheelbarrows #Kabulairport pic.twitter.com/TyA5yHmqRi
Following the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, the massacre of innocents at Kabul Airport marks the beginning of a new game being played by foreign powers on our soil - at the cost of our people’s blood. pic.twitter.com/fXHHt0Fjh2
— Ahmad Wali Masoud (@awmasoud) August 26, 2021
Deadly blasts at Kabul airport caused "total panic" among Afghans who had thronged outside in the hope of fleeing to safety as wounded men in blood-soaked clothes were ferried away from the scene in wheelbarrows https://t.co/SdF1P0cfWA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 26, 2021
clothes, blood and stains - #KabulAirport
— Shiraz Hassan (@ShirazHassan) August 27, 2021
AFP Photo pic.twitter.com/exiYlkq86J
KABUL - Bodies were strewn face-down in a shallow canal at the scene of twin blasts outside Kabul airport on Thursday, as wounded people in blood- soaked clothes were ferried away in wheelbarrows. #BangkokPost #World https://t.co/MlAe5sVLSF
— Bangkok Post (@BangkokPostNews) August 27, 2021