THREE Brits including a child were killed in yesterday’s terror attack in Kabul, Dominic Raab announced tonight.
Two more UK nationals were also injured in the suicide blast, according to the Foreign Secretary.
The Foreign Secretary said: “I was deeply saddened to learn that two British nationals and the child of another British national were killed by yesterday’s terror attack, with two more injured.
“These were innocent people and it is a tragedy that as they sought to bring their loved ones to safety in the UK they were murdered by cowardly terrorists.
“Yesterday’s despicable attack underlines the dangers facing those in Afghanistan and reinforces why we are doing all we can to get people out. We are offering consular support to their families.
“We will not turn our backs on those who look to us in their hour of need, and we will never be cowed by terrorists.”
More than 170 people – including 13 US troops and dozens of Afghans – were killed in yesterday’s blast at Kabul airport.
The Pentagon said on Friday that a deadly attack at the gate was carried out by one suicide bomber, not two as previously thought.
“I can confirm for you that we do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, that it was one suicide bomber,” Army Major General William Taylor told reporters.
The suicide bomber reportedly hit people standing in a wastewater canal – sending bodies flying into the water.
It’s understood he walked into the middle of families waiting in Kabul before blowing himself up.
People waiting desperately for a space on a flight out of Afghanistan were seen carrying those who had been wounded to ambulances, their clothes covered in blood.
Another 200 people were wounded while 132 were left so maimed by the attack that they’re unidentifiable, according to a CNN correspondent in Afghanistan.
Other blasts were heard in Kabul hours later, but were believed to be US troops carrying out controlled explosions as they dispensed of weapons.
US President Joe Biden told those behind the Kabul airport attack: “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.”
A US official confirmed the first blast was caused by a suicide bomb, with initial reports suggesting the second explosion was a car bomb.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said one explosion occurred near buses lined up outside Abbey Gate and the other close to the nearby Baron Hotel.
A source told Fox News that the attacks in Kabul may be an “ongoing event” – with more violence to come.
Thousands of people have gathered at the airport over the past 12 days hoping to be evacuated after the Taliban seized power.
And despite the attack on Thursday, desperate Afghans have continued scrambled to Kabul airport in a last ditch attempt to flee the Taliban.
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