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U.S. Officials Believe ISIS-Khorasan Behind Kabul Terror Attack

Medical and hospital staff bring an injured man on a stretcher for treatment after two blasts, which killed at least five and wounded a dozen, outside the airport in Kabul on August 26, 2021. / Getty Images
August 26, 2021

WASHINGTON (Reuters)—U.S. officials strongly believe the ISIS-Khorasan group was behind the attack on Thursday at Kabul's airport, a source familiar with congressional briefings on Afghanistan said on Thursday.

A second U.S. government source familiar with intelligence activities said that while the U.S. government is still investigating, the airport attack has "all the hallmarks" of an ISIS-K attack.

(Reporting by Mark Hosenball, writing by Patricia Zengerle; editing by Chizu Nomiyama)