not to mention a course of the nationals around the airport and around other cities. what are the risks of further attacks? attacks? the risks are extremely attacks? the risks are extremely high. - attacks? the risks are extremely high. i- attacks? the risks are| extremely high. i don t attacks? the risks are - extremely high. i don t expect they will stop now. this was a sense of momentum for them. if you think about isis in iraq and syria, they have been depending on their franchise groups to generate an operational tempo. they have looked at groups in sub saharan africa and now they are looking at groups to be the frank the flag bearer at groups to be the frank the flag beare flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with us - flag bearer they came on the scene in 2015 with us forces | scene in 2015 with us forces about to withdraw from the country, are theyjust going to grow and grow
and our values in the struggle against terrorism, of the fallen this day are part of a great, noble company of american heroes. to those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone wishes america harm, know this. we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pgy- will hunt you down and make you pay. i will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command. we will not be deterred by terrorists. we will not let them stop our mission. we will continue the evacuation and i have also ordered my commander to develop operational plans to strike isis cake and its facilities, we will respond at fourth and capability at our
tragedy of those who were killed so unfortunately with this attack, isis khorasan were able to cause casualties across this wide spectrum of targets they have pursued over the last year s. they have pursued over the last ear s. ~ ., ., , , ., year s. we have obviously had the attack year s. we have obviously had the attack now, year s. we have obviously had the attack now, looking i year s. we have obviously had i the attack now, looking forward to the future of afghanistan, how does this affect the dynamic between these two groups in the country and what is the impact of that on the afghan people? is the impact of that on the afghan people? now that the taliban is the afghan people? now that the taliban is the controlling i taliban is the controlling government in afghanistan, they are going to have to come up with a strategy to deal with isis khorasan in their territory, and whether that means reconstituting some element of the afghan national army and some of these specialise
since the airlift began. there had been warnings in recent days that an off shoot of the islamic state group in the region was planning an attack. speaking at the white house, mr biden insisted that the airlift would continue, despite the bombing. he said the service personnel who lost their lives were heroes, and the attackers would be made to pay. we will continue an obligation, a sacred obligation, all of you, families of those heroes, the obligation is not temporary, it lasts forever. the lives we lost today were lives given in the service of liberty, the service of security and the service of others. in the service of america. like theirfellow brothers and sisters in arms who died defending our vision
or troops being killed there but this is a cold hearted political calculation and i think he is thinking that if we get everyone out he will be judged by the weird ends and not how it started. we will get more in his comments on a few moments but first, our chief international correspondent sent this report on the latest in kabul and a warning there are distressing ridges from the very start. the feared attack, a bombing forewarned, casualties rushed yet again into kabul s emergency hospital after twin bombings close to kabul airport. this man was there. translation: i saw at least 400 or 500 people there. the explosion was really powerful. half were hurled into the water, others on the ground outside. we carried the wounded here on stretchers and, here,