Joe Biden says the Kabul airlift will go on, after bombings which killed 60, including 12 US troops.
The first targeted the Abbey Gate - where US and British forces have been processing people entering the airport - and was followed by gunfire.
Eleven marines and a Navy medic were among those killed, said the head of US Central Command, Gen Frank McKenzie. The deaths mark the first US military casualties in Afghanistan since February 2020. But the attack is likely to significantly complicate the evacuation effort ahead of the 31 August deadline.
About 5,000 people are at the airport waiting at the airport and many more are still trying to get through the perimeter checkpoints.
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