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With intelligence about a threat in recent days, a threat to the airport. we do not have any confirmation of casualties and who would be among the casualties. kylie atwood at the state department, what is latest you're hearing there. the state department just yesterday warned americans away from the kabul airport specifically because of terror threats to the airport. >> reporter: yeah, that is right. just this morning the top state department official in afghanistan warned of an imminent threat, right. we know that yesterday they told americans to stay away, to leave the gates at the airport i...

As we reported yesterday, a credible threat intelligence stream that the u.s. had about plots, planning and capability to carry out an attack targeting exactly a gate like this and exactly a crowd like this that has been gathering at these gates. i want to go now to sam kiley. he was on the ground until just yesterday morning among the journalists taking out of the country in part because of safety concerns. sam, this was the concern and the sad fact is the pentagon now confirming such an attack. >> reporter: yeah, the situation on kabul international airport for several days until i left yest...

Walsh in doha. we see now a confirmed attack. >> -- only the families of the u.s. serve men concerned about who may have been on the airport at the time and also for the many afghans waiting outside. we don't know the reason behind this at this stage. it is an explosion. we haven't clarified precisely there are many things moving in that area. could be crowded areas so other reasons why there could have been a blast but it will play directly into fears of a possible attack. let me just tell you a little bit about where we think this might have occurred. in the out skirts of hamid karzai airpor...

Frankly trying to get into the airport. that would explain why we are hearing there are afghan casualties as a result of this explosion. now, we are told that this explosion looks like a suicide attack. that it was something that one person potentially going in, but we're looking to learn more about that. but significantly these gates have been closed largely for the last few days. as the united states has prioritized getting in americans. but the afghans have still been in large crowds outside of these gates. that is made the situation at the airport as the u.s. government has been tracking t...

Casualties are unclear at this time. we will provide additional details when we can. we also learned moments ago that president biden has been briefed on that explosion outside of kabul airport. a white house official tells cnn. and we are waiting on a pentagon press briefing which will happen in about 30 minutes from now. the back ground on this, as you look at a live picture from the kabul airport, that in recent days and yesterday we reported the u.s. has been very concerned about a credible threat stream about potential terror attacks targeting the gates to the airport and the crowds aroun...