'To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this –– we will not forgive, we will not forget, we will hunt you down and make you pay.”
Speaking to the American people in the wake of a devastating terror attack at the Kabul airport that left scores dead on Thursday –– including numerous U.S. troops –– President Joe Biden promised the U.S. would strike back against those responsible.
Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie, Jr., the head of U.S. Central Command, said earlier in the day that one of the explosions was caused by at least one suicide bomber likely working with the Islamic State terrorist group ISIS-K, and that more attacks were likely. Biden likewise said ISIS-K was behind the attack.near Hamid Karzai International Airport killed a number of people Thursday afternoon in what the U.S. described as a “complex attack.” The Pentagon said 12 U.S.
Biden emphasized that while the U.S. is assessing how and when to respond, the ongoing evacuation mission in Kabul would continue, and that remaining American citizens would be removed from the country, along with Afghans who had assisted U.S. forces. “But here’s the deal: You know, I wish you...you know as well as I do that the former president made a deal with the Taliban” Biden said.“We believe it is their desire to continue those attacks and we expect those attacks to continue and we're doing everything we can to be prepared for those attacks,” McKenzie told reporters at the Pentagon, adding that the U.S. had enough forces on the ground to counter enemy militants.
The Kabul airport has been the epicenter of the rushed effort by U.S. forces to evacuate tens of thousands of Americans, Afghans and third-country nationals. Worried that any Americans and Afghans who aided U.S. forces left behind would be at risk of persecution by the new Taliban government, some current and former officials have called on the White House to extend its self-imposed deadline of Aug. 31 for the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
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