they re most exposed, as troops were patting down an evacuee at a kabul airport gate, searching for a bomb, he or she, that s still unclear, detonated one. this is close up war. the breath of the person you are searching is upon you. while we have overwatch in place we still have to touch the clothes of the person that is coming in. ultimately americans have got to be in danger to do these searches, there s really no other way to do it. reporter: another bomb exploded a few hundred yards from the first as isis fighters sprayed gunfire, afghans tumbled, dead and injured, into a sewage ditch. we drove through this exact spot a few days ago, a corridor flanked by concrete blast walls that leads right to an airport gate. the u.s. is relying on the taliban to pre-screen the crowds pushing to get into the airport, hoping for a flight out of afghanistan. patting them down before they re checked again by u.s. troops. this stragerringly new bizarre
reporter: it was every soldier and marine in kabul s worst fear, an attack where they re most exposed. as troops were padding down an evacuee at a kabul airport gate searching for a bomb, he or she that s still unclear detonated one, killing at least 13 u.s. service members, injuring more than a dozen. this is close up war. the breath of the person you re searching is upon you. while we have overwatch in place, we still have to touch the clothes of the person coming in ultimately americans have to be in danger to do these searches there s no other way to do it reporter: dozens of afghans killed another bomb exploded a few hundred yards from the first as isis fighters sprayed gunfire, afghans tumbled, dead and injured, into a sewage ditch. we drove through this exact spot a few days ago, a corridor flanked by concrete blast walls that leads right to an airport gate the u.s. is relying on the taliban to prescreen the crowds pushing to get into
on the the same stretch of road. that road bound at other side by concrete blast walls which do concentrate the blast between themselves and as peter was saying, there have been videos now circulating among of afghan casualties. there is fno visibility of american casuals although the prnts has confirmed there have been in u.s. casualties. sources in the britishmill that i ve been in communication with have not indicated any kind of british military casualties nor any direct comment on this whole process. because this was until very recently the british camp. when i was in the airfield, at kabul international airport only yesterday, it was beginning to fill pretty rapidly with british troops and so clearly they were involved in what is called collapsing down. moving their troops out of that
0 works. if the hope is for them to be a reasonable partner for afghan allies, other members of former of the afghan government or the u.s., that one indication there. i m jim sciutto. thank you for being with us. that is flick robertson with me there. at this hour will start now. this is cnn breaking news. hello, i m kate bolduan. we re continuing this follow the major breaking news in afghanistan. there has been an explosion outside of kabul airport. officials also say this appears to be a suicide attack. let s be clear. this is still unfolding and there are many questions and things are still very fluid right now. we don t know who is behind the explosion. but the u.s. officials have been warning about a credible imminent and compelling, that is how they put it, threat from isis-k for days now. the u.s. embassy in kabul just 30 minutes ago issued a new warning to u.s. citizens near the airport. essentially the message is very clear. leave immediately. let s get to it. barbara