Security threat at Kabul airport ‘imminent’, says US diplomat

The security threat that prompted the State Department to urge Americans to move away from the perimeter of the Kabul airport was credible and urgent, the acting U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan said Thursday.

Speaking to ABC News from Kabul, Ross Wilson said he could not discuss specifics of the threat or its current status.

It was clearly regarded as credible, as imminent, as compelling, he said.

Ross spoke as the United States worked to get remaining Americans out of the country. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that as many as 1,500 Americans may be awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan amid growing warnings of terrorist threats targeting the airport.