Increase in casualties in attack on Kabul airport

The death toll from the attack on Kabul airfield has risen to 170 dead and 200 wounded, health sources said.

The sources said that two journalists and 13 foreign soldiers were among those killed.

On Thursday evening, a suicide bomber struck at one of the entrance gates of Kabul Airport.

Hours earlier, the British and US defense ministries had warned that there was a possibility of an attack on Kabul airfield.

However, the ISIS group has also claimed responsibility for the attack by issuing statements.