KABUL, Afghanistan — Twin bombings struck near the entrance to Kabul’s airport Thursday, ripping through crowds of Afghans and foreign nationals waiting for evacuation from the country. The explosions complicated an already-nightmarish airlift just before the U.S. deadline to remove its troops from the country.

       The Russian Foreign Ministry said 13 people were killed in the attacks. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, told Afghan news outlet TOLO that 52 people were wounded.

       Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Americans were among the casualties.

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       Volunteers and medical staff bring a man injured in one of the explosions to a hospital for treatment.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

       Volunteers and medical staff unload bodies from a pickup truck outside a hospital after the two explosions.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

       Taliban fighters stand in the bed of a pickup truck outside a hospital as volunteers bring injured people for treatment after the explosions.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

       Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

       (Associated Press)

       Wounded women arrive at a hospital in Kabul for treatment after the two blasts.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

       A hospital worker lifts an injured man out of a car for treatment.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

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       Volunteers and medical staff bring an injured man to the hospital for treatment.

       (Wakil Kohsar / AFP)

       People attend to a wounded man near the site of a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

       (Associated Press)

       A view of the entrance of a hospital after two explosions rocked Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

       (Anadolu Agency)