0 for the allies being targeted in afghanistan and a safe withdrawal of everybody. leave nobody behind. my heart is troubled in that heart. let not your heart be troubled, laura ingraham is up next. have a great weekend. pray for our family in afghanistan. i m pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. we start with a fox news alert. we learned a drone strike killed an isis-k planner that was believed to be carrying out future attacks according to the pentagon. also tonight, the state department warning americans at the kabul airport to leave immediately. the gates are closed. to the latest at the pentagon, lucas tomlinson is standing by. less than 48 hours after the deadly attack that killed 13 service members, the u.s. military has struck back launching a drone strike in eastern afghanistan. they left the headquarters of the isis group which has carried out the attacks. in a statement from the u.s. central command, captain irvin said initial indications are that we killed the target. w
there s no sense they re competent to do that, but that s what they bought and now they got it. there s a couple of issues, joy. there s the counterterrorism issue and the future of afghanistan with the taliban. the one thing the president has been quite clear on for months in addition to getting out is this idea that you repeated today that is there is a counterterrorism challenge inside afghanistan, that we can deal with those over the horizon capacity. the capacity to take a missile strike. the capacity to take a drone strike. the capacity to conduct a special operation. in the same way that we do in many other countries where there have been counterterrorism but we don t have a base with several thousand american troops. that s frankly where a lot of the so-called war on terror has been moving anyway in recent years, where you don t have large numbers of u.s. ground troops but you instead have this case of the u.s. taking stand-off strikes at individual targets. in a lot of those
saw, of course, the tragic events happen today. and does what does today s attack say about the u.s. s ability to keep the terrorist threat in check once the u.s. pulls military forces out of afghanistan? because this is something he talked about in july when he reiterated what the plan was. you re right. i think it is important for people to know and understand that the threat that is posed by having thousands of u.s. military on the ground, still currently on the ground implementing a mission, committed to a mission as you heard general mckenzie and the president also say that is a threat. they are a target. people gathering around the target, that is a threat. that is a target. but isis s ability to target individuals on the ground in afghanistan is very different from isis s ability to attack the united states and attack the homeland. and we will maintain and continue over the horizon capacity with the president and in partnership with the countries in the region to make
concern about that threat. this has been a concern we have been watching. we saw the tragic event happening today. what does today intact say the u.s. ability to this is something he talked about it over the lie when he reiterate the the plan. i think it is important question. the threat that s posed to have thousands of military still on the ground, implementing a commission as you heard general mckenzie and the president also say that s a threat. that i are a target. people gathering around the airport. that s a threat. isis ability to target individuals on are on the ground in. we ll maintain and helicopter over the horizon capacity with present and partnership with
0 can t operate in the same way and the afghans they worked with is not assessable. and now to try to find the people responsible for this attack or future attacks is a much more different position. to our viewers just as i took the baton from alicia mendez, i am going to pass it to ari melber. we thank our guests, peter baker and greg mire. we ll be going live to jen psaki as the president departures from the east room heading back to the oval office. jen psaki will take many, many questions, the press corp will have for her. with that, our forecast with ari melber. thank you, we are giving you this continuous coverage on a difficult day in afghanistan as brian williams just mentioned we are here awaiting this briefing from the white house s press secretary. many questions there. you can see reporters already getting into position. we ll bring it to you live. here is the latest on what we know tonight. two suicidal bombers detonated themselves in kabul. the death toll is high. 12