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This was quite predictable. In fact I’d expressed concern about this after catching the sudden reappearance of the terror group called Khorasan.

> [Khorasan Appears/Reappears in Afghanistan!](https://pfyt2.wordpress.com/2021/08/24/khorasan-appears-reappears-in-afghanistan/)



 Earlier today there were warnings issued by US/UK that this was a very real possibility and they had specifically named Khorasan. I could barely believe my eyes!  And yet I could!

[CBS](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-kabul-airport-security-threats/)

“**The U.S. and Britain have warned citizens** not to go to Kabul’s airport, citing a terror threat to the sprawling facility outside of which thousands of desperate people have gathered since the Taliban’s retaking of Afghanistan. **The U.S. Embassy in Kabul sent out an alert on Wednesday evening** advising U.S. citizens in [Afghanistan](https://www.cbsnews.com/feature/afghanistan-the-way-forward/) to avoid traveling to the airport, citing an unspecified security threat amid frantic efforts to evacuate Americans and vulnerable Afghans.

It wasn’t immediately clear what specific intelligence prompted the U.S. embassy’s advisory, but President Biden warned this week of the ongoing threat posed by the ISIS affiliate in Afghanistan, **ISIS Khorosan** or **ISIS-K. A senior British official did indicate that ISIS-K was behind the latest, urgent threat in Kabul**“

[Pentagon confirms explosion outside Kabul airport as U.S. rushes toward Afghanistan evacuation deadline](https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/26/explosion-happened-outside-kabul-airport-pentagon-confirms.html)

**The Pentagon on Thursday confirmed an explosion near Hamid Karzai International Airport** in Kabul, where Western forces are rushing to evacuate as many people as possible out of the country.

It was unclear whether there were any casualties, according to the Pentagon’s top spokesman, John Kirby.

A White House official told NBC News that **President Joe Biden was briefed on the blast.**

**Deja vu?** **9/11 anniversary just two weeks away..**