In the aftermath of yesterday's deadly attacks at and near Kabul's airport, some have been desperately searching for loved ones who have gone missing. Afghan journalist Bilal Sarwary was sent these pictures of two children. He also spoke to family members who told him the mother of one of the children had died in the blast at the airport.

Thousands of refugees have arrived at Germany's Ramstein Air Base, the large US Air Force base in Europe.

Some families have been separated, and more than a dozen children have come alone.

These refugees will be temporarily housed at the air base, where they are allowed to stay for up to ten days as they await a flight to another land.

More than 5,000 refugees have already been flown to the US.

Good morning to our readers in the UK and Europe. We're bringing you ongoing coverage of the situation in Afghanistan, where a deadly twin attack took place yesterday at its Kabul airport.

Here's what you need to know to get up to speed:

• At least 90 people are now thought to have died and more than 150 injured as a result of the twin attacks at Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul on Thursday afternoon
• As of Friday morning, evacuation efforts are continuing, with evacuees seen boarding planes
• According to a Nato diplomat, all foreign forces in Afghanistan are aiming to evacuate their citizens and embassy employees
• US Joe Biden has vowed to seek revenge on the attackers, saying he will "hunt them down"
• The Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K), a regional affliate of the group, has claimed responsibility for the attack

Image source, Getty Images

British forces have entered the final stages of evacuating people from Kabul airport, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has said.

The ministry added that its efforts will focus on British nationals and others who have already been cleared to leave and are at the airport. No more people would be called to the airport for evacuation.

"It is with deep regret that not everyone has been able to be evacuated during this process," defence minister Ben Wallace said in a statement.

Mr Wallace later told Sky News television that Thursday's attack had not affected Britain's timeframe for ending the evacuation operation.

"The threat is obviously going to grow the closer we get to leaving," he said. "The narrative is always going to be, as we leave, certain groups such as ISIS will want to stake a claim that they have driven out the US or the UK."

Image source, Getty Images

The Democratic Congressman and member of the House Intelligence Committee Jim Himes has reflected on the US' withdrawal from Afghanistan, saying the way things played out was regrettable.

"When President Biden took office, there were more troops guarding Capital Hill than Afghanistan," he told the BBC.

"With [for example] 2,500 troops in a country you've got really the ability to do just about nothing but guard the embassy and perhaps the airport."

He added that there would be investigations into how things happened the way they did, but said the focus now would be on making sure "the mission can be completed... [which will only be] when all of the people we want out of Afghanistan are in fact out."

Russian media have continued to criticise the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, and the latest attacks at Kabul airport have only given them more fuel. Our Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg sums up the headlines.

The Taliban has not suffered any casualities, the group's spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the BBC's Pashto service.

"We (Taliban) have not suffered any casualties. The incident took place in an area that is controlled by US forces," he said.

This is in direct contrast to an earlier report by Reuters which stated that at least 28 Taliban members had been killed in the twin attacks.

South Korea's foreign ministry says one Afghan evacuee had to be returned to Kabul due to "unclear identity".

According to a Yonhap news report, the person - who has not been identified - was not on the evacuation list.

The person had travelled from Afghanistan to the Pakistani capital Islamabad with a large group of evacuees. Officials there had discovered the person while checking identities before departure for Seoul.

"The person was sent back to Kabul on a military transport aircraft and handed over to the US military handling identity checks," the ministry said.

It also asked for understanding for the error, citing the "chaotic situation" in Afghanistan, according to Yonhap.

A total of 390 Afghan evacuees have been brought into South Korea - they include medical professionals, vocational trainers and interpreters who worked for Korea's embassy.

Image source, Getty Images

The UK will continue its operation to evacuate people from Afghanistan despite the "despicable" attack at the capital's airport on Thursday, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said.

The prime minister held an emergency Cobra meeting following the blasts, after which he promised the UK would continue to work "flat out" until "the last moment".

Thursday's twin blasts took place outside the Abbey Gate - where US and British forces have been stationed to help with evacuations - and at a nearby hotel.

There were no UK military or government casualties in the explosions, according to the Ministry of Defence (MoD).

People who were already inside the airport perimeter have continued to be processed, says the BBC's political correspondent Damian Grammaticas.

Evacuation efforts are continuing at Kabul's Hamid Karzai international airport this morning - hours after an attack that killed at least 90 people and injured more than 150 people.

According to footage by news agency Reuters, evacuees were seen boarding a plane, as another was spotted taking off from the airport.

A Nato diplomat had earlier said all foreign forces in Afghanistan were aiming to evacuate their citizens and embassy employees by 30 Aug.

Image source, Getty Images

World football's governing body, FIFA has said it is negotiating the evacuation of players and other athletes from Afghanistan, but that it is proving to be "extremely challenging".

Last week, a player from the Afghan national team, Zaki Anwari, died after falling from a US military plane. He was trying to escape Kabul following the Taliban takeover.

The Australian government evacuated 50 female athletes on Tuesday after sportswomen expressed fears for their safety under the Taliban regime.

Image source, Getty Images

The US has been facing criticism over its decision to rely on the Taliban to secure the perimeter of Kabul airport.

"It’s not a matter of trust, it’s a matter of mutual self-interest...but there is no evidence thus far that I’ve been given, as a consequence by any of our commanders in the field, that there has been collusion between the Taliban and ISIS in carrying out what happened," US President Joe Biden told reporters on Thursday evening.

In a State Department briefing, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was asked why the US should pay attention to what the Taliban wants considering no legally recognised government has been established.

He said: "the Taliban, whether we like it or not, is in control – largely in control of the country, certainly in control of the city of Kabul. And it’s been important to work with them to try to facilitate and ensure the departure of all those who want to leave".

Secretary Blinken added that the US continues to negotiate with the Taliban for what happens after the withdrawal completes: "we’ve been engaged with the Taliban for some time diplomatically going back years in efforts, as you know, to try to advance a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Afghanistan".

All foreign forces in Afghanistan are aiming to evacuate their citizens and embassy employees by 30 Aug, a Nato diplomat told news agency Reuters.

The latest statement comes as the US and its allies earlier said they were hurrying to evacuate as many people as possible before the Aug 31 deadline.

• There are still about 1,500 US citizens in Afghanistan
• The UK has said around 400 people were still in the country
• Germany said it estimated 200 citizens remained in Kabul
• It's not clear if any French citizens still remain but France has said they expect to complete their evacuation flights by Friday evening

In some slightly happier news, hundreds of evacuated Afghans have arrived in South Korea.

Among them were children who were handed teddy bears upon their arrival at Seoul's Incheon Airport, according to journalist Raphael Rashid.

The Afghans arriving in South Korea are designated as "persons of special merit" instead of refugees and have been given short-term visas.

But analysts say in practicality, the designation is roughly equivalent to being recognised as a refugee.

Banners have also been hung in front of the centre where the Afghans will be quarantining in - with one reading "Welcome to Korea, we love all of you".

The British Foreign Office (FCO) has told the Reuters news agency that it has rescued three Afghan families whose contact details had been in documents left behind at its embassy in Kabul.

On Tuesday, the UK's Times newspaper , externalreported that the FCO left documents identifying Afghans and containing contact details, scattered on the ground of the embassy compound.

Times reporters say they found the documents as Taliban fighters were patrolling the site. They say they handed them over to the UK Foreign Office.

Embassies usually destroy data that could compromise local staff but The Times reported that protocols had broken down because of the speed of the Taliban's advance.

"The drawdown of our Embassy was done at pace as the situation in Kabul deteriorated. Every effort was made to destroy sensitive material", a Foreign Office spokesperson told Reuters.

At least 28 members of the Taliban were killed in the Kabul airport bombings, an official has told the Reuters news agency.

"We have lost more people than the Americans," the Taliban official, who declined to be identified, said.

Despite that, he said there was no need for the United States to extend its 31 August deadline to complete its evacuations and pull-out.

At least 13 US soldiers and 90 people were killed in twin explosions outside the periphery of Kabul airport on Thursday night.

An affiliate of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility.

We're bringing you the latest developments in the wake of yesterday's airport bombing in Afghanistan. It's now almost 8am in the country - undoubtedly a sombre morning for millions, as we see more pictures of devastation and loss as a result of the attacks.

Here's what has happened over the past few hours:

• At least 90 people are thought to have died and more than 150 injured as a result of yesterday's attacks on the Hamid Karzai airport in Kabul
• A Taliban official says at least 28 of the Afghans killed were Taliban members
• Evacuation of civilians have now been accelerated after the attacks, a Western security official told Reuters, adding that flights are taking off regularly
• US President Joe Biden has sworn revenge on the attackers, saying he would "hunt them down"
• This, as the US warned that more attacks could come, with US commanders saying they were on alert for possible rockets or vehicle-borne bombs targeting the airport

An official from the ministry of public health, who does not want to be identified, has told the BBC that the number of people killed in yesterday's airport attack has risen to 90 people with more than 150 injured.

The Reuters news agency has reported that the evacuation of civilians from Kabul has been accelerated after the attacks with flights taking off regularly. It was quoting a Western security official based at the airport.

The United States and its allies have mounted one of the biggest air evacuations in history, bringing out more than 100,000 people since 15 August, according to the White House.

Speaking on Thursday evening, US President Joe Biden said more than 7,000 people were flown out in the last 12 hours - though it is not clear how many of those happened before the blasts that struck Kabul airport.

Image source, Getty Images

Washington is racing to complete its evacuation efforts before a 31 August deadline.

The United Kingdom said on Thursday that it has evacuated more than 13,000 people from Afghanistan since the mission started.

More than 100 other countries around the world have been taking part in the effort.

Around 5,200 troops continue to provide security at the airport.

However, the United States has acknowledged that it may not be able to get all those registered to leave out by the 31 August deadline it agreed with the Talban.

Image source, Getty Images

Democratic Congresswoman and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Susan Wild, told the BBC the Biden Administration will face tough questions over its handling of the situation in Afghanistan.

"Congress has a very broad power of oversight and we will be asking the very, very difficult questions of this administration about strategy, or lack thereof, failure to listen to intelligence sources, whether the intelligence sources were adequate and I've been told that they were," she said.

Ms Wild added, though, that now is not the time to ask those questions.

Democratic Senator (and chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee), Mark Warner agreed that evacuating people from Afghanistan was currently the top priority.

"I've got a lot of questions about why we weren't better prepared for the Taliban takeover, but those questions will be answered," he said.