military rushes into the final evacuation of Kabul airport ahead of Biden's Tuesday deadline for withdrawal from Afghanistan, the president defended his drone strike, which the Pentagon said killed two ISIS-K 'planners and facilitators' in response to the deadly suicide bomb attack. Thirteen US troops were killed when a suicide bomb went off near this checkpoint, also killing some 160 AfghansĪs the U.S. Marines are seen manning a checkpoint at the Kabul airport on Thursday. It is unclear if there were any casualties from the attack.

citizens in the vicinity of Kabul airport (HKIA), 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 the airport area immediately.'īefore the warning was issued, Biden vowed that his revenge strike for an ISIS-K attack that killed 13 US troops is 'not the last' and added that the 'situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous.'įollowing the announcement, United States Marines were seen escorting children and families through an evacuation center at the airport, but just a few hours later, a rocket reportedly struck a house nearby, sending smoke into the air. 'Due to a specific, credible threat, all U.S. Embassy ordered everyone to leave the Kabul airport immediately because of a 'specific, credible' threat just hours after President Joe Biden said another attack on the airport was imminent.īut urgency was ramped up by the Embassy's Saturday night warning, which didn't delve into details about who is behind the threat. US troops now turn their focus to removing equipment and ending their presence at the airportīy Melissa Koenig and Keith Griffith and Christopher Eberhart For Dailymail.Com and Wires.Most NATO nations have now flown out their troops after two decades in Afghanistan.

Taliban has now effectively sealed off the Kabul airport, making escape for anyone outside unlikely.

In total, 5,400 US citizens have been flown out of the country since the evacuation began.

Pentagon says 6,800 people were evacuated in past 24 hours, with 1,400 still in processing at airport.

Meanwhile the evacuation of Kabul is entering its final hours ahead of Biden's Tuesday deadline.

Pentagon said two ISIS-K terror plotters were killed and one wounded in Friday's strike in Afghanistan.

However he later said that his words had been 'distorted' and urged the media to disregard them.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said US should have warned the group before strike on ISIS-K.

It follows the US drone strike on ISIS-K in revenge for the suicide blast in Kabul that killed 13 US.

Biden has said that commanders informed him an attack is 'highly likely' in the next 24-36 hours.

The US Embassy ordered everyone to leave Kabul airport immediately Saturday night because of a 'specific, credible' threat.

The US Embassy orders everyone to leave Kabul airport immediately because of a 'specific, credible' threat as Biden vows that his fatal strike in retaliation for Kabul suicide blast that left 13 US troops dead will 'not be the last'

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