The Pentagon confirmed the terrorists killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 90 Afghans on Thursday.
Unfortunately, we still face threats in Kabul.
Press Secretary John Kirby said the U.S. is sticking with the August 31st deadline. He also could not explain how they would evacuate Americans after August 31st.
On Thursday, officials said the terrorist bombed the airport and an area by the Baron Hotel.
Now the Pentagon says only one attack happened.
Afghan human rights activist Pashtana Durrani told CNN that President Joe Biden is vindicating the Taliban violence with his quick withdrawal:
“When your President says ‘we will not forget and we will not forgive,’ it’s exactly what he did. He forgave the Taliban. He forgot what they did. He’s leaving and there was no hunting down,” Durrani told CNN.The US is “setting an example of the fact that every now and then when you fight a holy war and you recruit people and you murder people in suicide bombings, after two decades, you are acceptable,” she said Friday.Durrani also offered an alternative view — one where the US has failed to offer protection to women like her despite the values they evangelize around the world, and instead, her countries [sic] much-criticized “tribes” are offering her alliance and support.”The US came for their own benefit and for their own war, but it was just fought on our ground,” Durrani said. “Your president said that we are a country that is having petty fights about our tribes. It’s the tribes that are protecting me right now. It’s the different ethnicities that are protecting me. It’s the different allies that I have built over the course of years, who are here who are willing to protect me.”
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