Britain denies pushing to leave Kabul airport gate open before blast


  • World
  • Tuesday, 31 Aug 2021

Evacuees walk to be processed during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 25, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Sgt. Isaiah Campbell/Handout via REUTERS/Files

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain co-ordinated closely with the United States and did not push to keep a gate open at Kabul airport where a suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of Afghan civilians, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said on Tuesday.

A Politico report on Monday said American forces decided to keep the Abbey Gate open longer than they wanted to allow Britain to continue evacuating personnel.

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