Watch live: President Biden is set to address the deadly Afghanistan attacks
were killed.Evacuations from Kabul would continue, U.S. officials said, but are winding down ahead of an Aug. 31 date for U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.A U.S. Marine at the door of the West Wing, where President Biden spent much of Thursday.President Biden pledged retribution for the attacks in Afghanistan that killed 12 U.S. servicemembers and dozens of Afghans and promised to continue evacuation efforts.
The wide ranging U.S. evacuation effort will move forward. “We will not be deterred by terrorists,” he said. “We will continue the evacuation.”
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