President Biden said U.S. forces would target the terrorists who killed 12 service members in an attack on the evacuation operation at the Kabul airport, pledging that 'America will not be intimidated.'
President Biden said Thursday that U.S. forces would target the terrorists who killed 12 service members in an attack on the evacuation operation at the Kabul airport, pledging that “America will not be intimidated.”
The attack was one of the deadliest on U.S. forces since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan nearly two decades ago, and it comes just days before Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw from the country. Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie of U.S. Central Command, which oversees operations in Afghanistan, said U.S. troops remained vulnerable as they screened travelers.McKenzie said U.S. forces were looking to retaliate against ISIS-K.“We’re prepared to take action against them,” he said. “24-7, we are looking for them.”
was delayed until Friday; a public health briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic was postponed; and a virtual conference with governors to talk about resettling Afghan refugees was canceled.In addition, Vice President Kamala Harris canceled a political visit to San Francisco on Friday to help Gov. Gavin Newsom fight off a recall campaign.Biden aims to stick to Afghanistan withdrawal deadline as evacuations continue, but asks Pentagon for contingency plans. Taliban warns against extension.
“To this day, the Taliban will not forswear it, will not break it, will not renounce it, will not do anything to even acknowledge it,” said Thomas Joscelyn, a terrorism expert at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington. “Yet many in the U.S. establishment are credulous when it comes to the Taliban counterterrorism assurances.”
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