- 11 Marines and one Navy medic were killed on Thursday by the attacks at Kabul airport
- President Biden is yet to address the crisis but he is due to speak to the nation at 5pm
- At 3pm EST, General Kenneth F. McKenzie, the commander on the ground, spoke to reporters
- He said the evacuation would continue but that there were ‘active’ threats of ‘additional attacks’
- The first bomb was detonated in a suicide vest and the bomber was being searched by Marines
- It’s unclear how he got past Taliban checkpoints before the airport to get close enough
- Gen. McKenzie said the US would retaliate against ISIS when they find the exact people responsible
- Other NATO countries begged Biden him to extend his August 31 deadline to get out but he refused
- Norway, Poland, Canada and Holland have now all stopped evacuating citizens from Afghanistan
- Biden is adamant he can get everyone out by August 31 but has offered no plan for how he will do it
- Angry Republicans including Nikki Haley demanded Biden’s resignation on Thursday
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ISIS CLAIMS RESPONSIBILITY
At least sixty Afghans and twelve US servicemen have been killed in a suicide bombing carried out by ISIS at the Kabul airport, US officials confirmed Thursday night.
The terror group ISIS-K have claimed responsibility for the deadly double attack, the group’s Amaq News Agency said on its Telegram channel.
CENTCOM Chief Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr. said that while saddened by the deaths, the US will continue conducting evacuations from Kabul. “ISIS will not deter the US from carrying out the mission.”
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