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US diplomat: Security threat at Kabul airport 'imminent'

by Ellen KnickmeyerMatthew Lee
| August 26, 2021 6:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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.

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