Despite the attack, the United States will continue evacuations from Afghanistan until August 31

The United States Government has clarified that its evacuation operations at Kabul airport will continue “Until the end of the mission” military, i.e. until August 31 despite the fact that several countries have already completed this work due to lack of time and growing insecurity.

“Evacuation operations in Kabul will not be closed for 36 hours. We will continue to evacuate as many people as possible until the end of the mission, ”published the main spokesperson for the North American Department of Defense. John kirby, on his Twitter account.

The Pentagon estimated Wednesday at about 10,000 people who were waiting at Kabul airport to be evacuated, while on Thursday the White House raised to more than 95,000 the number of those who have already been able to leave Afghanistan – foreign citizens added and local collaborators – since the conquest of the capital by the Taliban.

The United States Embassy in Kabul has warned of the risk of an attack near the airport and its main official, the charge d’affaires Ross wilson, insisted this Thursday on the fact that it is information “Credits” which speak of an “imminent” incident, if we go into details. For this reason, he discouraged travel to the airport.

“Being part of the crowd standing near the doors is dangerous”; warned in an interview with ABC News.

Biden vows revenge on ISIS: “We will make them pay”

United States President Joe Biden on Thursday vowed to take revenge on the perpetrators of the Kabul airport attacks, to whom he assured that he would persecute and make them pay for the attacks.

This is how Biden spoke in a speech to the nation of White House, after 12 American soldiers were killed and 15 others wounded, in the attacks near Kabul airport, claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group.

“We’re going to hunt them down and make them pay for it.”, promised the president, visibly excited.

In this sense, he stressed that he had asked the heads of the armed forces to draw up various plans for attacking the IS enclaves, making sure that they knew “who are they”.

Biden reiterated that the United States will continue with the evacuation as the “Terrorists will not win” and he was ready to send more troops to guarantee the mission, but stressed that the commanders had not requested it yet.

“I have asked the military that when it needs additional forces, I will approve it.“, a point.

(With information from EFE and Europa Press)

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