ISIS claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attack on Kabul airport, which caused over 90 deaths and about 160 injuries; 13 US militaries were killed. We will respond “with force and precision” in Afghanistan, Biden said. The US president in tears yesterday in his TV speech: “We will make you pay: we are ready to send more troops if necessary and the evacuation goes on,” he assured. The US fears other attacks. Over 100,000 people have so far been rescued from the Asian country by air bridges since 14 August. And from the United Kingdom, the British Defense Minister, Ben Wallace announces to Sky News “We expect more attacks with rockets or car bombs” Spain, on the other hand, has concluded them. The day live.
The US fears other attacks
General Frank McKenzie, head of the US Central Command, said that the American military leaders are alarmed for probable new attacks on the Afghan capital’s airport “with rockets or car bombs”. “We are doing everything we can to be prepared,” said McKenzie, stressing that there has been an exchange of intelligence with the Taliban and to believe “that some other attacks have been averted by Islamic students.”
The Taliban: no deaths among ours
The Taliban did not suffer losses in yesterday’s attacks at the Kabul airport: said the group’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, serving the BBC in Pashto. “We have not suffered casualties. The incident took place in an area controlled by US forces, ”Mujahid said. At least 28 Taliban members lost their lives in the attacks, according to Reuters news agency.
Spain completes evacuation operations, the UK will do so in a few hours
The UK has entered the final phase of its evacuation operations from Afghanistan: as Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told Sky News “with deep regret”, “we have not been able to evacuate everyone during this process”. As for Spain, according to El Pais it has finished its evacuations and all the diplomatic staff are safe in Dubai.
Erdogan: the Taliban offered us to manage the Kabul airport
“The Taliban offered us to manage the Kabul airport through civilian technicians, but we have not yet made a decision.” This was revealed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. “We cannot afford the luxury of asking anyone’s permission as to who, where, when and how we should hold talks. In Afghanistan there is a serious administrative vacuum, and therefore we are holding the necessary talks, ”said Erdogan, reporting that the Ankara authorities had a 3 and a half hour meeting with the Taliban in the Turkish embassy in Kabul. “When everyone left Afghanistan – he added – we didn’t leave it”.