‘One this is clear…’: US Senator comments on Taliban after Kabul airport blast

Amid assurances from the Taliban to not harm US personnel, the chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee said the insurgents can not be trusted with the security of Americans. Bob Menendez, a Democrat, called on the US government to secure the Kabul airport and evacuate as many Americans and vulnerable Afghans as possible after two suicide attacks were reported in Afghanistan’s national capital Thursday evening.

“As we wait for more details to come in, one thing is clear: We can’t trust the Taliban with Americans’ security,” Menendez said in a statement.

Condemning the explosions outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport, the Senator said a full-fledged humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Afghanistan.