crowds. but it was just a horrible and disastrous thing that occurred today. so general hertling, we heard president biden vowing to find the people responsible for the attacks saying we ll hunt you down, make you pay. he asked the military for options to strike isis-k targets. given that, you know, the relatively small number of u.s. forces that were on the ground in afghanistan over the last year, i think some 2500 or so, a lot of their job was, you know, hunting down groups like this. without those forces on the ground, once the u.s. forces leave the airport, what are the u.s. capabilities to actually fulfill that promise? a couple things are going to affect that, anderson. i think as the forces drew down in afghanistan, a lot of the folks that were left, the u.s. folks that were left and the nato folks left were either the trainers or the intelligence collectors for targeting purposes for the counterterrorism mission. those are now gone. so the key element of targeting
outside. it is a sickening day. evan, appreciate it. coming up next, the group isis-k that we talked much about tonight has claimed responsibility for the attacks in kabul. i ll talk to the pulitzer prize winner author of a definitive book about isis.
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osama bin laden s al-qaeda which led to the 9/11 attacks. going back about five, six years ago the islamic state then known as isis started to break away from al-qaeda. this was principly iraq and syria, but they quickly created also a network of terrorist groups known as isis, this one corresponds with the afghanistan, pakistan region which would have been a splinter and challenger to al-qaeda. by extension that makes them a challenger to the taliban. to think about isis-k, they re younger generally. they re more about violence first and ideas second. and they re trying to create their own separate independent state. separately, al-qaeda is kind of seen as the older generation. they re more moderate by isis stance which may seem crazy to us by the 9/11 era, but they also see the taliban as very moderate trying to become like a state negotiating with other states. for them the u.s. at this airport, taliban around the airport, this is a double wammy
0 all right, kim motley, thank you very much. i appreciate your time and your talking to me again. thanks very much to all of you for joining us with all of this breaking news. it s time now for ac 360. good evening, on what s been one of the most tragic days in the two decade long mission in afghanistan with a threat of more such days to come. take a look at the flags on capitol hill and at the white house. they are at half staff, honoring the now 13 american service members including ten marines who died with 18 more wounded after two explosions at and near the hamid karzai international airport in kabul. an affiliate of the isis terror group in afghanistan known as isis-k has claimed responsibility for the attacks. more than 60 afghans also dead and 140 wounded. a short time ago, president biden spoke to the american people from the white house and promised retrobiegz. for those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes america harm, know this. we will not fo