good morning, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is early start. it is friday, august 27, 5:00 a.m. here in new york. it is 1:30 p.m. in cabkabul. and this morning america s longest war ending very much the way it began. the nation mourning the victims of a horrific terror attack and a president vowing to hunt down and punish those responsible in afghanistan. at least 13 u.s. troops were killed, and over a dozen more injured in the worst attack on u.s. soldiers in a decade. we want to warn you, the images you are about to see here are disturbing. twin explosions by suicide bombers tearing through crowds thursday outside kabul s airport and a nearby hotel, gunmen then
said this was the worst quake he had felt in 30 years. walls were shaking, people were panicking. everyone poured out onto the streets. that was in cabkabul, about 150 miles south of the epicenter. then we ve got reports coming in closer to the epicenter. with each passing hour it seems the death toll is rising of people who have been either tramped in stampedes. there was a report you mentioned of 12 girls who were killed at a school after they rushed out of their building. 12 of them died in a stampede. we re also hearing reports of many people dying. dozens in pakistan. so, the news continues to roll in of devastation across afghanistan and pakistan. india here has promised to help out, as it can. of course, pakistan and afghanistan s armies have already been mobilized. carol? ravi reporting live from new
in kabul. earlier in the day a police academy in cabkabul was attacked and 20 recruits were killed. and an hour before that a city block in a residential part of kabul was leveled by a truck bomb. more than 15 innocent people were killed. the peace talks were long planned but complicated by the announcement that the famous taliban leader mullah omar is dead and has been for two years that s why the president of afghanistan is blaming the surge in violence on attackers attempting to create a diversion his office specifically blames the taliban, but the state department not willing to make the conclusion. they condemn the attacks with this quote. they say it demonstrates the nurnlssy s complete disregard for the life of innocent afghans and such actions have no justification. before terrorists killed dozens