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US urges Americans to avoid Kabul airport amid security concerns including Isis threats
Thousands still trying to flee a week after Taliban takeover as president is briefed on operations in Afghanistan
After the US advised Americans in Afghanistan to avoid traveling to Kabul airport on Saturday, a Pentagon spokesman said the US had “a whole panoply of security concerns” around efforts to evacuate its citizens and Afghan allies. Another official said the Islamic State group was threatening to attack Americans in Afghanistan.
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