An Ohio Navy corpsman is among the dead following a terror attack outside of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.Navy corpsman Max Soviak is among the 13 U.S. troops killed Thursday after two suicide bombers targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover, according to our partners at WKYC-TV in Cleveland, who confirmed the news through his family.Soviak is from the Berlin Heights area, and a graduate of Edison High School.A statement from the Navy reads in part, "We mourn the loss of this Sailor and we offer our deepest condolences to the loved ones of our fallen shipmate. The name of the Sailor will be released 24 hours after notification of next of kin." Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, as the U.S. warned more attacks could come ahead of the Tuesday deadline for foreign troops to leave, ending America’s longest war.As the call to prayer echoed through Kabul along with the roar of departing planes, the anxious crowd outside the airport was as large as ever. Dozens of Taliban members carrying heavy weapons patrolled one area about 1,600 feet from the airport to prevent anyone from venturing beyond.Thursday’s bombings near Kabul’s international airport killed at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in the deadliest day for American forces in Afghanistan since August 2011.Afghan officials warned that the true toll could be higher, with morgues stretched to capacity and the possibility that relatives are taking bodies away from the scene. One official said as many as 115 may have died. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
An Ohio Navy corpsman is among the dead following a terror attack outside of the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
Navy corpsman Max Soviak is among the 13 U.S. troops killed Thursday after two suicide bombers targeted the thousands of desperate people fleeing the Taliban takeover, according to our partners at WKYC-TV in Cleveland, who confirmed the news through his family.
Soviak is from the Berlin Heights area, and a graduate of Edison High School.
A statement from the Navy reads in part, "We mourn the loss of this Sailor and we offer our deepest condolences to the loved ones of our fallen shipmate. The name of the Sailor will be released 24 hours after notification of next of kin."
Evacuation flights from Afghanistan resumed with new urgency on Friday, as the U.S. warned more attacks could come ahead of the Tuesday deadline for foreign troops to leave, ending America’s longest war.
As the call to prayer echoed through Kabul along with the roar of departing planes, the anxious crowd outside the airport was as large as ever. Dozens of Taliban members carrying heavy weapons patrolled one area about 1,600 feet from the airport to prevent anyone from venturing beyond.
Thursday’s bombings near Kabul’s international airport killed at least 95 Afghans and 13 U.S. troops, Afghan and U.S. officials said, in the deadliest day for American forces in Afghanistan since August 2011.
Afghan officials warned that the true toll could be higher, with morgues stretched to capacity and the possibility that relatives are taking bodies away from the scene. One official said as many as 115 may have died. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
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