2 Suicide bomb attacks at Kabul Airport

Sadly Granny it hasn`t come as a suprise to me or dh.
An absolute disgrace,how awfull for all involved.

"when the US troops said they were leaving all the jihadis cheered". There were warnings that ISIS would move in on the crowd of poor people waiting to leave at the airport.

I really don't understand what motivates such cruelty. Surely to be in charge of a country should mean seeing its citizens happy, healthy and flourishing? Who in their right mind gets satisfaction from terrorising so many people and who can feel proud of committing such atrocities? It's like a sort of mass psychosis.

It's so awful, those poor people. Goodness knows what sort of life they'll have now,

Indeed Eloethan, such a cruel, cowardly way to act.

I suppose they are particularly annoyed that these people want to leave.

Truly awful.

Eloethan

I really don't understand what motivates such cruelty. Surely to be in charge of a country should mean seeing its citizens happy, healthy and flourishing? Who in their right mind gets satisfaction from terrorising so many people and who can feel proud of committing such atrocities? It's like a sort of mass psychosis.

I agree
what can I add

Can someone explain to me how American intelligence knew that a terrorist attack on the airport was imminent but that same intelligence didn’t realise that the Taliban were going to take over the country in a matter of days?

It's just beyond savagery. Truly shocking. Those poor people, many of them already terrified, and hungry. Lost for words. Nothing short of Evil.

It's so awful how this evacuation is going to leave so many people left behind and they must be feeling desperate knowing that precious time is running out before the planes stop taking off. How will they be treated once everyone pulls out and they are left to their own devices.

The media shows so many desperate people waiting for a flight but with time running out fast I shudder to think what will happen to those who don't get airlifted. The Taliban is a sick and brutal regime and I fear they will go on a bloodthirsty rampage once the last plane has gone.

Sarnia as far as I can understand this is not the Talibans doing but Isis K
Time then for the Taliban to step up they want to run the country let's see them start by protecting the citizens

This is a tweet from John Simpson, he knows his stuff

he needs to charge his phone!

or is that yours Grannygravy?

Years of hopes and dreams, aspirations and equality, gone with a drop of a hat.

JaneJudge

or is that yours Grannygravy?

Definitely mine, I have attacked the ironing pile whilst scrolling GN (I was hiding from DD, DH & GC )

When our troops have all left, it will be a bloodbath. Taliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS all dislike each other. News says military and Taliban have lost people in the bomb

Yes that's what I think User7777 it's going to be dreadful for the Afghanis particularly the women now.

I think the Taliban know they have been brain drained, goodness knows how the country will survive.

Eloethan

I really don't understand what motivates such cruelty. Surely to be in charge of a country should mean seeing its citizens happy, healthy and flourishing? Who in their right mind gets satisfaction from terrorising so many people and who can feel proud of committing such atrocities? It's like a sort of mass psychosis.

But our country has done it Eloethan. These people may do what seems like the cruellest of things; I can't think of anything much barbarous than burning someone alive. We also had people who gave themselves to horrible deaths because of their view of how the world should be. The same driver took people of this country out into the world with an equal sense of hubris.

The only way I can explain it is greed for power riding on the back of an extreme view of religion. We should be careful about thinking this only happens elsewhere. If someone like Trump were to regain power, I would not be surprised to see some States in the USA more akin to "Gilead" than the way of life we have known in this period of liberal democracy. It is possible here and elsewhere in the world if we don't guard what we have. If you stand back and look around, we can all see democracy isn't doing so well; the alternative is some form of extremism.

much more

BBC are reporting 60 dead and up to 140 injured in airport bombing.

Heartbreaking for all concerned RIP ?

Re IsisK and the Taliban - is your enemy’s enemy a friend?