knew more about the attack than they were letting on, listen here. i would not be surprised if this isis-k is a front for the taliban who are organizing the attack against us. to humiliate us further after we surrendered to a terrorist organization. john: tough talk from the president we ll hunt them down and make them pay. there seems to be increased urgency to gets american forces out by the deadline of august 31, which does serve the taliban s purposes. exactly. look, the taliban does run the risk of raising islamic state stature by if it allows this attack. but at end, achieves getting them out and humiliated the united states in the process. as far as counterrorism operation goes, with what? the u.s. is gone, u.s. assets are out of afghanistan, no
this, our military commanders are warning they are still bracing for more attacks. we expect those attacks to continue. and we re doing everything we can to be prepared for those attacks. the plan is designed to operate while under stress and under attack, and we will continue to do that. we ll coordinate carefully to make sure it s safe for american citizens to come to airfield. if it s not, we ll tell them to hold and work other ways to get them to airfield. but i think our mission remains we re still committed to pulling people out. today s attacks were the first u.s. combat related deaths in afghanistan since february 8 of 2020, 565 days ago. with that let s bring in our starting line on this thursday night, yamiche alcindor, moderator of washington week also on pbs. jonathan lemire, white house reporter for the associated
incredibly bloody attacks. take care. stay safe. i know you are planning on on staying there as long as you can. thank you for your work. thanks for joining us tonight. i appreciate it. thank you. all right. as we have been talking about um the group that claimed responsibility for today s attack, isis-k. they are essentially the afghanistan affiliate of the islamic state. they did claim responsibility for today s killings on the group s news channel. and u.s. officials had been warning not just that there could be an attack on u.s. forces and civilians at the airport but that it would specifically come from this group. well, who is this group? why did the u.s. have such clarity that this was the group that was going to attack and attack exactly like this? what does that mean for the next few days? for what president biden now says will be retaliation against that group. and for the continuing evacuation effort which continues. another 7,500 people airlifted out even today.
attack. as i ve been in constant contact with our senior military leader, around the clock, and our commanders on the ground throughout the day, they made a clear after we can and we must complete this mission, and we will. that is what i ve ordered them to do we will not be deterred by terrorists. we will not let them stop our mission. we will continue the evacuation, i ve also to strike isis-k, ss leadership in facilities. we will respond with force and precision at our time at the place we choose and in the moment of our choosing. here is what you need to know, these isis terrorists will not win. we will rescue the americans from them. we will get our afghan allies out. and our mission will go on.
well, good evening once again. day 219 of the biden administration, a devastating day for this still young presidency but mostly for our military families and those of afghan civilians, of course, as u.s. forces in afghanistan suffer their heaviest losses in years just days before they themselves are due to leave the country. at least 13 service members that includes ten u.s. marines killed in two bombings near the kabul airport. 18 other service members were wounded, some of them critically. at least 60 afghans were killed. close to 150 injured. today s attack took place as u.s. forces were helping thousands of americans and afghans evacuate from the country while also preparing to leave themselves. at least one of the attacks believed to be carried out by a suicide bomber during a pat down search during a crowded abbey