On 26 August 2021 at 17:50 local time (13:20 UTC),[7] during the evacuation of Afghanistan, a suicide bombing occurred near Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Shortly thereafter, a second bombing occurred several dozen metres away.[1][8][9][10] At least 103 people were killed in the attacks, including 13 US service members,[11][12] who were the first American military casualties in Afghanistan since February 2020.