Dead and wounded arrive at Emergency Hospital for the War Wounded in central Kabul after at least ...

Accession Number AWM2022.289.2.42
Collection type Photograph
Object type Digital file
Maker Quilty, Andrew
Place made Afghanistan: Kabul
Date made 26 August 2021
Conflict Afghanistan, 2001-2021
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Description

Dead and wounded arrive at Emergency Hospital for the War Wounded in central Kabul after at least one bomb, and possibly two, likely detonated by a suicied bomber, tore through crowds attempting to access Hamid Karzai International Airport 11 days after the Taliban took control of Kabul and a mass evacuation of foreign citizens and Afghans deemed to be at risk of reprisal from the former insurgent group commenced. Threat reporting has warned of an attack of this nature in recent days, especially at the airport entrance where the blast(s) occurred late this afternoon. The Islamic State Khorasan Province was believed to be plotting the attack and is assumed to have conducted it. Numbers of dead and wounded are unclear at the time of filing, but based on videos from the scene and preliminary figures from Emergency Hospital, scores are likely to have been injured or worse.Taken at 18:54:42

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