0 casualties are unclear at this time. we will provide additional details when we can. we also learned moments ago that president biden has been briefed on that explosion outside of kabul airport. a white house official tells cnn. and we are waiting on a pentagon press briefing which will happen in about 30 minutes from now. the back ground on this, as you look at a live picture from the kabul airport, that in recent days and yesterday we reported the u.s. has been very concerned about a credible threat stream about potential terror attacks targeting the gates to the airport and the crowds around those gates. the u.s. believing that terror groups had both the capability and the planning to carry out such attacks. there is still no attribution for these attacks or as we said, any confirmation about casualties. we have our reporters covering the story. let s begin with nick paton walsh in doha. we see now a confirmed attack. only the families of the u.s. serve men concerned about who
hello. despite the international criticism there has been of the us withdrawal from afghanistan, no one should question the professionalism or the resolve of the troops staging the evacuation. amid all the obvious dangers and chaos that surrounds the kabul airfield, they have evacuated over 40,000 people so far, 16,000 in the last 2a hours. that is impressive. but the uk defence secretary said today the operation will last only as long, as the americans stick with it. and ahead of tomorrow s g7 virtual summit, borisjohnson has signalled loudly that he would like president biden to extend the august 31st deadline so they can bring more people out. the taliban said today if there was such a delay there would be consequences. this morning, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the security cordon.
बुधवार को राज्यसभा में हुए हंगामे के बाद विवाद थमता नजर नहीं आ रहा rajyasabha security assistant alleged female MPs forcefully dragged me by pulling my arms in attempt to help their male counterparts break security cordon - India News - Hindustan
Revised traffic plan makes allowances for smaller vehicles as test cricket matches set to begin
Last year 79 policemen - including four senior officials and nine traffic policemen - were shod dead by unknown gunmen. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS
KARACHI:
The security arrangements for the test cricket matches between South Africa and Pakistan beginning Tuesday (tomorow) have been finalised, said the Security and Emergency Services spokesperson on Monday.
According to the spokesperson, 5,000 officials of Karachi Police, including 1,050 Special Security Unit (SSSU) commandos, 1,500 security division personnel, along with traffic police, Rapid Response Force, special branch and other law enforcement agencies personnel will remain deployed at the airport, practice grounds, hotels and routes for transporting the teams from airport to the stadium and back. He said that specialised command and control buses will be present at the National Stadium to monitor the peace and security situation
knife. and then the police went over with some guns and it ended with the man being shot. reporter: police say they were call to the area at 2:00 p.m. follows reports of the stabbing. after reporting to ordinary londoners, a suspect was shot dead by officers. i also want to thank the members of the public who have helped by showing extraordinary courage and stepping in to tackle this attacker. reporter: it wasn t far from london bridge, one of the busiest commuter stations in the capital city that things began to unfold. about a block in that direction behind the security cordon. witnesses said they heard what was later a quick blast of gunfire. they were told to evacuate the area urgently, some panicked and began to flee down streets like these. and then chaos as people tried