ISIS claims the attack on Kabul airport: we launched 6 Katyusha rockets
ISIS said they were behind the missile attack that tried to hit Kabul airport this morning, which was Monday.
“The soldiers of the Caliphate attacked Kabul international airport with six Katyusha rockets,” the terrorist group said on its Nashir News site on Telegram. They also said that they had reached the injured, as he said.
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An official from the US had already said that up to five missiles fired at the airport this morning had been blocked by US missile defenses.
The official told Reuters that he wanted to remain anonymous. He also said that early reports showed that this new missile attack did not hurt any Americans.
The White House later confirmed that they knew about the attack. In a statement, they said that US President Joe Biden told American commanders to do “whatever is necessary to protect the forces on the ground” after being told about the attack and being told that airport operations are still going as planned.
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It is interesting that the US is racing against time in these last few hours to finish pulling out of Afghanistan by August 31, which is the date he set as the final date of his twenty-year stay there.
On Sunday, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the last few hours have been the most dangerous for US troops in Afghanistan. This is because there are more security threats and more chances that ISIS will launch new attacks in the state. of Khorasan after the violent attack that killed 13 troops, more than 170 Afghans, and an American near the airport last Thursday.
