An extremist group claimed responsibility for the devastating bombing that killed at least 70 people at Kabul Airport on Thursday.
The terrorist organization ISIS-K claimed responsibility for a series of bombing attacks that killed at least 60 Afghans and 13 US troops in Afghanistan. In a statement, ISIS released a photo of one of the suicide bombers, who was identified as Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri.
Al-Loghri is a member of the Khorasan Organization of the Islamic State, which was established at the end of 2014.This terrorist organization operates as a branch of ISIS in Afghanistan and Pakistan and is known as ISIS-K or IS-KThe organization is made up of militants who have left the Taliban.
“ISIS sent representatives to Pakistan and Afghanistan. They can basically win over some dissatisfied Pakistani Taliban and some Afghan Taliban [members] Join their cause,” said Seth Jones, an Afghan expert at the Center for Strategic and International Studies NPR.
Two US officials familiar with the matter told AFP that on Thursday, Al-Loghri was allegedly wearing a suicide vest, which he detonated outside the monastery at around 5 pm local time. politics.
The second explosion occurred at the nearby Baron Hotel, and preliminary reports indicated that it was caused by a car bomb. A few hours after the initial attack, a series of explosions were heard.
In total, at least 60 Afghans were killed, 11 U.S. Marines and 2 soldiers were killed. At least 140 people were injured in the attack.
President Joe Biden condemned the attack on Thursday and vowed that he will hunt down those responsible for the bombing.
“For those who carried out this attack, and anyone who wants the United States to be harmed, know: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay,” he said in the East Room.
“We will respond with precise force at the time and place we choose.”
As 2017, The U.S. military stated that it estimates that it has killed at least 75% of ISIS affiliated fighters and their top leaders.
Image Two explosions occurred at Kabul Airport. After Western countries warned that a terrorist threat was imminent, and thousands of people gathered in hopes of fleeing Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, the injured arrived at Kabul Hospital, killing at least 6 people and injuring 12 others.
Photo: AFPTV
