UPDATE : Breitbart – (4:40 PM EST) – “The White House on Friday braced Americans for more terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, a day after twin suicide bombers killed 13 U.S. troops in Kabul.”
UPDATE – (Thurs. 9:00 PM EST) –
UPDATE : Daily Wire – (Thurs. 7:35 PM EST) – “A United States military official confirmed to ABC News, late Thursday, that a 13th U.S. service member has died following a shocking pair of terror attacks in Kabul.”
UPDATE : Fox News – (Thurs. 5:55 PM EST) – “Biden says he has asked his U.S. military commanders for plans to strike back at ISIS branch in Afghanistan who carries out deadly attack in Kabul.”
UPDATE : Jerusalem Post – (Thurs. 5:40 PM EST) – “A large explosion was heard in Kabul late on Thursday as the US Military destroyed ammunition, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Majahid said on Thursday. Two witnesses in an area some 3-4 kilometers from the airport said earlier they had heard a huge explosion, hours after an Islamic State attack killed dozens of people trying to board evacuation flights.”
UPDATE : Breitbart – (Thurs. 5:30 PM EST) – “At least 90 people wetr killed and 150 injured in the kubul terror attacks, a senior health official says of latest death toll, according to the Wall Street Journal.”
UPDATE : Epoch Times – (Thurs. 5:00 PM EST) – The ISIS terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed a dozen U.S. troops. ISIS published a photograph of a man it claimed conducted one of the suicide bombings and described the explosions as targeting American forces and their “spies.” It also threatened additional attacks.
UPDATE : Fox News – (Thurs. 3:00 PM EST) – “Twelve U.S. service members were killed in action in the suicide attack, officials tell Fox News’ Lucas Tomlinson. Eleven were Marines and one was a Navy medic, they said.”
Multiple U.S. troops were killed by the bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday.
“We can confirm that a number of U.S. service members were killed in today’s complex attack at Kabul airport,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement.
Multiple others are being treated for wounds, he added.
“We also know that a number of Afghans fell victim to this heinous attack,” Kirby said. “our thoughts and prayers go out to the loved ones and teammates of all those killed and injured.”
The bombings took place at or near the Abbey Gate, which sits on the eastern side of the airport, on Thursday evening local time.
One went off at the gate before at least one other exploded near the Baron Hotel, situated a short distance from the gate.
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
In Matthew 24, the disciples ask Jesus, “What shall be the sign of thy coming?” Jesus’s response is a detailed description of the condition of the world and what it will look like in the last days before His return. Wars and rumours of wars, nation rising against nation, famines, pestilences, earthquakes, these being the beginning of sorrows.
In Luke 21:25, Jesus says, “There will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth Distress of Nations with Perplexity, the seas and the wave roaring.”
These things will be greatly increased and primarily take place during the seven-year Tribulation (from which the church is absent). However, with the current global state of turmoil amongst the nations, we can’t help but recognize the distress of nations Jesus describes in Luke 21 and Matthew 24, rising in our world today.