the isis leader responsible for the 2021 kabul airport bombing that killed 13 service members is dead, killed in a raid by the taliban, u.s. officials have confirmed nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney courtney kube has the latest the u.s. has been searching for this person for a while. the taliban carried out the operation on its own the operation was more of a gun battle between the two sides, and according to the officials i ve been speaking with, the taliban may not have realized who it was they were fighting or who it was they killed in this battle. we know very little about it we don t know this guy s name. we know he was an isis k, the affiliate of isis in afghanistan. he was an operative and a facilitator. what that means is he s able to help them carry out plans and attacks like the deadly one at
lester courtney kube with the latest from the pentagon thank you. he could make it official tomorrow. president biden expected to announce his re-election campaign but our latest nbc news poll finds troubling numbers for mr. biden as well as for his potential opponent, former president trump. here is kristen welker reporter: tonight president biden s team putting last-minute touches on his re-election announcement, expected as soon as tomorrow, three sources familiar with the planning tell nbc news it s expected to come in a pretaped video message, part of it filmed last weekend at the president s delaware beach home. the president was asked about it today he s likely to tout progress on jobs and infrastructure, with sources saying a key theme of the video will be to finish the job. but our new nbc news poll shows only 41% of americans approve of mr. biden s job performance. 54% disapprove and on the eve of his potential announcement
our pentagon correspondent courtney k kube reporter: tonight the urgent race to evacuate citizens from the growing violence in sudan s capital city khartoum. carrying out several evacuation flights, the italians flying those of other nations to safety. the daring operation under cover of darkness elite special operations flew multiple helicopters 800 miles from djibouti to sudan, landing on the embassy grounds where they loaded 80 government personnel and their families on to helicopters in about an hour. remarkably, u.s. officials said there were no injuries these missions are inhashtly risky. custody di does to pulling it off so smoothly. reporter: overnight, antony blinken also announced the closing of the embassy, saying it was temporary and necessary due to unacceptable risk to embassy personnel. more than 16,000 americans are still in
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violence is escalating and courtney kube is joining me now. there has been failed cease fires day after day, persistent violence and so that clearly led to this decision and we saw a u.s. convoy that came under attack earlier this week and that seemed to push the buttons here that have encouraged the pentagon to move these troops forward so according to a number of defense official, they will be stations them in east africa we doo don t have a lot of details, but the military will be preparing for every possible scenario. americans like you mentioned who