The US Department of Defense said that the terrorist attacks in Kabul arranged the terrorist organization “Islamic state” (IG, prohibited in Russia), reports RIA Novosti.
In the Pentagon accused Militants of the IG in the organization of terrorist attacks in Kabul, and also stated that the threat from the organization for the US forces in Afghanistan “Realna”. The main goal of the US military in the republic remains the evacuation of US citizens, added in the Pentagon.
US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin expressed condolences to the families of the military who died with the terrorist attack in Kabul. Despite the terrorist attacks, American citizens continue to be exported from Afghanistan, he added. “We will not deviate from the task”, “Austin stressed.
August 26 in the territory adjacent to the Kabul airport, two terrorist attacks occurred. The first explosion, thundering the Baron hotel, presumably, was arranged by a suicide. The second occurred at the drainage canal leading to the airport. In addition, it was reported in the center of Kabul. The number of dead US military in Kabul has grown to 10.