PANJSHIR PETROL STATION FULL

He also reportedly said the Taliban expects to take full control of the airport when U.S.

airstrike, saying it was a “clear attack on Afghan territory,” according to Reuters. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid reportedly denounced the U.S. And the fact that two of these individuals are no longer walking on the face of the Earth - that’s a good thing.” attack, saying instead, “They lost a planner, and they lost a facilitator, and they’ve got one wounded. Kirby would not discuss to what extent ISIS capabilities may have suffered as a result of the U.S. “We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay.” “This strike was not the last,” Biden said. “Two high-profile ISIS targets were killed, and one was wounded, and we know of zero civilian casualties,” Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said at a media briefing, using an alternative designation for the group. The affiliate, Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, had claimed responsibility for the airport attack. airstrike Friday night against an Islamic State Afghan affiliate group - retaliation for Thursday’s attack - resulted in the deaths of two important members of the group, the U.S. has evacuated or helped evacuate about 113,500 people. The White House also said that since Aug. 14, the U.S. military flights and 600 people on seven coalition flights. This included about 1,400 evacuees on U.S. EDT Saturday, according to the White House. troops withdraw.Ībout 2,000 people were evacuated from Kabul in a 12-hour period ending at 3 p.m. commanders to protect American troops on the ground at the Hamid Karzai International Airport as the massive airlift comes to an end and U.S. service members were killed.īiden said he directed U.S. and its allies wind down an evacuation of their citizens and Afghans fleeing the Taliban and just two days after a suicide bombing on the perimeter of Kabul’s airport, in which at least 170 Afghans and 13 U.S.

The security alert urged Americans to avoid the airport, and said those in the vicinity of the airport, including the South (Airport Circle) gate, the new Ministry of the Interior, and the gate near the Panjshir Petrol station on the northwest side of the airport, should leave immediately.īiden warned of more likely attacks in a statement Saturday, as the U.S. citizens to leave the vicinity of the airport. Embassy in Kabul, citing a specific and credible threat, urged U.S. President Joe Biden said another attack on the Kabul airport is likely within the next 24 to 36 hours, the U.S.

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