Taliban has not suffered casualties, Mujahid says

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.

Earlier in the day, a Taliban official, who declined to be identified, told Reuters that at least 28 members of the group were killed in the Kabul airport bombings.

"We have lost more people than the Americans," the Taliban official said.

Despite that, he said there was no need for the United States to extend its August 31 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 militant group Islamic State has claimed responsibility.