By a Staff Reporter: US officials confirmed that among those killed were 13 American soldiers. Taliban sources said the total death toll was over 100. Turkish officials also have confirmed that several of its soldiers were wounded in these explosions. Eyewitnesses say that explosions occurred amid thousands of people gathered outside the airport trying to leave the country. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said that the explosions happened in areas controlled by the American soldiers. The blasts occurred from inside a crowd of Afghans close to the Abbey gate area who were trying to leave the country, said the US Pentagon's press secretary John Kirby.