The US is warning of further IS bombings at Kabul airport.
The Taliban are waiting for US troops to withdraw.
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The location of Kabul airport is extremely explosive.
The US is warning of further IS bombings.
The remaining US troops are now dependent on cooperation with the Taliban.
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Kabul - The situation in Afghanistan * - especially at the airport in the capital Kabul - remains extremely explosive.
After Germany, other NATO states have completely withdrawn from the country.
Only the US still controls the military part of the airport.
Meanwhile, the risk of an attack is increasing, as the US embassy in Kabul warned on Saturday: There is a “specific, credible danger” near the airport.
"US citizens in the vicinity of the airport should leave the area immediately," the embassy appealed in the security warning.
There is danger at the South Gate, the New Ministry of the Interior and the gate near the Pandjir gas station on the northwest side of the airport.
Afghanistan withdrawal: Joe Biden warns of further terrorist attacks at the airport
US President Joe Biden had previously warned that after the devastating suicide bombing on Thursday, another attack could be imminent.
"The situation on site is still extremely dangerous, and the risk of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high," said Biden on Saturday.
According to the army command, "an attack in the next 24 to 36 hours is very likely".
To prevent further bloodshed, US troops are now forced to work more closely with the radical Islamic Taliban, who took power in Kabul two weeks ago.
Dozens of Afghan civilians and 13 US soldiers were killed in the attack on Thursday at Kabul airport.
On Saturday, Biden announced further retaliatory attacks on the regional branch of the Islamic State (IS) jihadist militia, which claimed the attack for itself.
Bombs at Kabul airport: Germany and Great Britain have withdrawn their troops
After the perfidious attacks at Kabul airport, not only Germany withdrew its troops in a blitz *.
In the following days, Great Britain also withdrew completely from the crisis area.
France had already brought its troops back.
With the end of the German air bridge, it is unclear for the time being how the 300 Germans and around 5000 local staff * who have remained in the chaotic situation will leave Afghanistan.
The only thing that seems clear is that staying is not an option for the helpers of the occupation forces.
Under the Taliban they are in mortal danger as traitors.
Afghanistan: USA reacts to IS bomb attack in Kabul with drone attacks
According to the Pentagon, two high-ranking members of the militia Islamic State Khorasan Province (IS-K) were killed in a drone attack by the USA on Saturday morning.
This was "not the last" attack on those who were responsible for the attack "on our troops and innocent civilians in Kabul," said the US President.
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