A U.S. drone attack killed a suicide car bomber. Pentagon officials said the attacker was preparing to attack Kabul Airport on Sunday (August 29) because the U.S. military is working hard to complete the withdrawal, which will end the 20th century. Military intervention in Afghanistan in 1 year.
This is the second airstrike by the US military as the Islamic State suicide bombing outside the airport on Thursday killed 13 US troops and dozens of Afghan civilians desperate to flee the country’s new Taliban ruler.
The airport has been used by the United States and allied forces to conduct large-scale airlifts to evacuate their citizens and Afghans at risk. The airlift will end before the Tuesday deadline set by US President Joe Biden.
Officials stated that the target of the attack was suspected militants of ISIS-K, a local branch of the Islamic State, which is the enemy of the West and the Taliban movement, which seized power after a lightning attack on August 15.
A US official stated that this was carried out by an unmanned aircraft, and the second explosion showed that the target was carrying a large amount of explosives. The TV screen showed black smoke rising into the sky.
U.S. officials have stated that they are particularly worried about ISIS-K attacking the airport when the U.S. forces leave, especially from the threat of rockets and vehicle explosives.
Biden said on Saturday that his military chief told him that another armed attack is likely to occur.
A Western security official said that when the drone attack occurred, the remaining civilians were waiting at Hamid Karzai International Airport to take off before the last troops left. A U.S. official told Reuters on Saturday that there are fewer than 4,000 U.S. troops left.
The Taliban stated that they have begun their own investigation into the strike in the United States and whether the target is really a suicide bomber driving a vehicle containing explosives.
In the past two weeks, the United States and its allies have taken some 114,400 people (including foreigners and vulnerable Afghans) out of the country, but tens of thousands still want to leave.
“We tried all options because our lives are in danger. They (Americans or foreign powers) must show us a way to be saved. We should leave Afghanistan, otherwise they should provide us with a safe place,” Said a woman outside the airport.
This airlift—one of the largest such evacuation operations in history—marked the end of a 20-year Western mission in Afghanistan that began with the US-led forces overthrowing the Taliban government, which was established in September 2001. The perpetrators who attacked Afghanistan on 11th provided a safe haven. America.
The last chapter appeared after the United States and the Taliban reached an agreement last year to withdraw foreign troops. Earlier this month, as Taliban fighters swept the country, the Western-backed government and the Afghan army disappeared.
A Taliban official told Reuters that the Islamic organization has engineers and technicians ready to take over the airport.
The official, who asked not to be named, said: “We are waiting for the American’s final nod to ensure complete control of the Kabul Airport, because the goal of both parties is to hand over quickly.”
HMourning the dead
At a ceremony held on Sunday at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to commemorate the members of the U.S. military who were killed in the Thursday attack, Biden closed his eyes and tilted his head back because of the national flag-carrying transfer box containing the remains. Emerged from a military aircraft. But it was also commented that he also checked the watch.
Cries can be heard, and a woman falls down. None of the soldiers killed were over 31 years old, and five of them were only 20 years old, the same age as the war in Afghanistan itself.
At the tarmac ceremony held at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, the flag-bearing coffins of the soldiers who died in the action were loaded onto the transport plane.Handout photos released by the Central Command today pic.twitter.com/rCzFbsbwqq
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Biden vowed to hunt down the perpetrators, and the United States said on Saturday that it had killed two ISIS-K militants in a drone attack the previous day. The Taliban condemned the strike in the east of Nangarhar Province, which borders Pakistan, and said they should be notified of the incident in advance.
Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said in an interview with CBS “Face the Country” that Washington hopes that the Taliban will continue to allow Americans and others to leave the country safely after the U.S. withdrawal is complete. .
The fall of the Afghan government left an administrative vacuum, leading to fears of economic crisis and widespread hunger.
Commodity prices, including flour, oil and rice, have risen rapidly, currencies have plummeted, and Pakistan’s money changers have refused to accept Afghanis.
On Saturday, officials ordered the bank to reopen and restricted withdrawals of US$200 or 20,000 Afghanis. There was a long line outside the bank branch.
Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said that the organization will announce a complete cabinet in the next few days. Once the new government is established and operational, the difficulties will quickly subside.
However, Afghanistan is now facing the end of the influx of billions of dollars in foreign aid from Western donors due to the destruction of its economy by decades of war.
The Taliban also called on the United States and other Western countries to maintain diplomatic relations after they withdraw. The United Kingdom stated that this would only happen if the Taliban allowed safe passage for those who wanted to leave and respect human rights.
The Taliban’s rule from 1996 to 2001 was marked by strict Sharia and Sharia law, many political rights and fundamental freedoms were restricted, and women were severely oppressed.
Afghanistan is also a gathering place for anti-Western militants, and Washington, London and other countries worry that it might become like this again.
Biden has been criticized at home and abroad for the chaos in the final weeks of the US military presence in Afghanistan. He defended his decision, saying that the United States had realized the reasons for the invasion as early as 2001.
