Washington: We Will Respond to ISIS Kabul Attack
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Following the two blasts near Kabul airport, US Central Forces Commander Kenneth Frank McKenzie claimed that the attackers were from ISIS and that the two bombings would not deter Washington from carrying out its mission, predicting that the attacks would continue.
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Commander of the US Central Forces, Kenneth Frank McKenzie.
Kenneth Frank McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Forces, said the two explosions in Kabul were followed by a gunfight, adding that the two suicide bombers were ISIS members who carried out the attack.
This coincides with ISIS' claim of responsibility for the explosion near Kabul Airport.
McKenzie stated that "ISIS will not deter the United States from carrying out its mission," and that despite what happened, the evacuations from Kabul will continue. ISIS attacks in Afghanistan are expected to continue, according to McKenzie.
While pointing out that around a thousand US citizens remain in Afghanistan, McKenzie noted that missile attacks and explosive devices are potential threats near Kabul airport, adding, "We share this intelligence with the Taliban."
He stressed that the United States is determined to respond to ISIS after the attack on Kabul airport.
According to McKenzie, the Taliban allowed the attack to happen, given their shared goal with Washington of seeing their men leave Afghanistan.
He assumed a failure happened somewhere, allowing the suicide bomber to reach the Marine Troops' location.
For its part, the US Department of Defense and the Pentagon reported that 12 US soldiers were killed and 15 wounded in Kabul.
According to a source close to Fox News, hundreds of ISIS Khorasan members are still within the vicinities of Kabul airport, and the attacks are likely to continue.
The former US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, and other Republicans have called on US President Joe Biden to resign following the massacre near Kabul airport, according to the news agency. Senator Marsha Blackburn, a member of the Armed Forces Committee, asked for "the collective resignation of key US officials."
The attack on Kabul airport, according to Abdul Kahar Balkhi, a member of the Taliban's culture committee, is a terrorist crime that demands global condemnation, and it was caused by the presence of foreign soldiers in the country.
The Taliban strongly condemned the explosion near Kabul airport on Thursday evening, which targeted civilians.
