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Hello and welcome to bbc world news. We are staying with those events in afghanistan. there s been a suicide bombing at kabul airport in afghanistan, where crowds were gathered in the hope of getting on a flight to escape taliban rule. Taliban officials said at least 13 people were killed. It comes after days of warnings from western intelligence agencies that an attack could be imminent. Let me bring you up to date with what we know so far. The press secretary for the us secretary of defence has called it a complex attack that resulted in a number of us and civilian casualties. The emergency hospital says 60 injured people have been taking their so far. The pentagon has also confirmed at least two explosions, which happened near to one another outside the perimeter of the airport. 0ne blast happened close to the airport s abbey gate on the other close to the nearby baron hotel. The hotel had been used by some western nations as a staging point for evacuation since the airlift began.
The hijab, that is it. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. Taliban fighters have reached the outskirts of the afghan capital, kabul after a lightning advance across the country. The militant group now controls all the other major cities in afghanistan and look to be on the verge of toppling the afghan government. These pictures filmed by the bbc in kabul show people attempting to leave the city. The taliban says negotiations are taking place to ensure a peaceful transition of power. They also said they are in talks with senior officials in president ashraf ghani s government on a peaceful transfer of power. In a moment, we ll hear from the taliban spokesman who spoke to me a few hours ago about what the group plan to do next. But first, with an update on all the latest developments here s our world affairs correspondent paul adams. It s the final act, the fall of kabul. With the taliban closing in, those who can are leaving, taking what they can carry. A