Obama says he is ‘heartbroken’ following terror attack in Kabul

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Former President Barack Obama said Friday he was left “heartbroken” following Thursday’s bombing in Kabul that killed more than 100 people, including 13 service members from the United States.

The attack outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport killed at least 95 Afghans. Eleven Marines and one Navy medic were among the 13 service members killed, with 15 more U.S. personnel injured. The bombing came as the Taliban’s recent takeover of the Afghan government has prompted hundreds of thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans who worked with the U.S. military over the last two decades to attempt to flee the country.

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