08/28/2021 17:54
Clarín.com
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Updated 08/28/2021 5:54 PM
Two days after the double ISIS attack that killed more than 180 people in the Afghan capital, including 13 US military personnel, US President Joe Biden warned this Saturday that it is
"very likely"
that there will be
a new attack
by that guy in the next 24 to 36 hours, vowing that he will continue to
"hunt down anyone involved and we will make them pay
."
According to the US president, the possible new attack would occur
before the withdrawal of troops from his country,
stipulated for
next Tuesday.
"The situation on the ground continues to be
extremely dangerous
and the threat of terrorist attacks against the (Kabul) airport
remains high
. Our commanders informed me that an attack is very likely in the next
24 to 36 hours,
" Biden warned in a statement released by the White House.
Despite this warning, he reaffirmed his determination to continue with the evacuation of the citizens of the United States, Afghans and allied countries who remain on his lists until next Tuesday, the last date established by Biden
to completely leave Afghanistan
.
After the double attack carried out on Thursday, the United States announced on Saturday the death of two senior leaders of the Afghan branch of the jihadist group ISIS, and that a third was injured in the bombing by the US army.
British soldiers leave Kabul airport amid the withdrawal of troops and civilians from Western countries.
Photo EFE
The two alleged deceased jihadists were identified as "
a planner and facilitator
" of the terrorist organization, who were killed by missiles
launched by a drone
, according to Pentagon military spokesman General William Hank Taylor.
In this way Biden promised that he will continue to "hunt" those who try to commit this type of act: "
We will continue to hunt
down anyone involved in that despicable attack and
we will make them pay
. We will respond whenever there is someone who wants to harm the United States
or attack our troops,
"he remarked.
In addition, Biden remembered the 13 soldiers who died in the vicinity of the airport, whom he described as
"heroes who made the
ultimate
sacrifice
for our American ideals."
He added: "Your courage and generosity has allowed
more than 117,000 people in danger to be safe
."
Moments of tension
Following the attacks on Thursday, the Taliban movement ordered the arrival of the tens of thousands of people seeking to enter the Kabul airport and be evacuated by the United States.
Now Taliban militiamen have taken control of the access roads to the airport and check in an orderly and strict manner the passage of people,
who can only cross in authorized buses
.
With the closure of several streets and routes, the accesses were greatly limited and you can only pass after being checked by the Taliban forces, in power in Afghanistan since the middle of the month, with the only exception of the international airport of the capital, where States The United States and its allies have finished evacuating tens of thousands of their citizens and Afghans who have
collaborated with them in these last two decades of war
and military intervention.
Taliban patrols control the streets of Kabul.
Photo EFE
However, fear of a new attack by ISIS, an
enemy of both the United States and the Taliban
, remains very high in Washington after the hard blow on Thursday.
In 2019, then-President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban movement to withdraw all US troops by the middle of this year and free thousands of Islamist militiamen
in exchange for a ceasefire
against those foreign soldiers.
The Taliban complied with the truce but used these two years
to rearm
, something that allowed them this year to conquer all of Afghan territory again,
at a rate that surprised the United States and its allies
, who had to evacuate all their people when the militia Islamist was already in power and in a situation of explicit weakness.
With information from Télam
LM
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