mistaken, roughly 36 hours ago? less than that. i was at the airport this morning in kabul. and i know a little bit more about the attack that took place, so it took place near the abbey gate. it is also very near the baron ho tell. it is really a military base and has been for some time. the military base, the airport, is surrounded by blast walls. the baron hotel is tucked up right against those blast walls. it was flut in order to house visiting personnel, contractors with b it was built very securely. it almost looks like a military base, itself. i and other journalists have stayed there recently. leading from the baron hotel,
0 all right, david, thank you. we have a bit more breaking news to add to this, the pentagon spokesman saying we can confirm the explosion at a gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of u.s. and civilian casuacasualties. another explosion a short distance from the abbey gate also took place. our breaking news coverage continues now with craig melvin. good thursday morning. craig melvin here. we continue to follow breaking news in afghanistan. explosion outside of the airport in kabul. expected to be an ied attack. word a few moments ago from pentagon spokesman. another explosion near by at a hotel. while they have no confirmation who is behind it, the assumption is that it was caused by isis-k. a splinter group of isis. that group considered to be an adversary of the taliban. the airport already on high alert because of a threat attributed to that group. just in the last few minutes john kirby saying the explosion near the abbey gate at the kabul airport