The American military command promised to pursue the Islamic State (“IGIL, forbidden in Russia, a terrorist group”) after the explosion of a suicide bomber at the Kabul airport. This was told by the head of the Central Command of the US Armed Forces General Franzie McKenzie, writes Reuters.
As the representative of the Pentagon noted, the conclusion of troops from Afghanistan will continue. Thousands of American soldiers arrived at the airport to organize the evacuation of US and Afghan citizens due to the captured by the Taliban (“The Motion” Taliban “is recognized as terrorist and prohibited in Russia”) Kabul. “We were at risk of more than five thousand American servicemen to save as many civilians as possible. This is a noble mission. And today we have seen how dangerous it is,” McKenzie said and added that the military would work further.
According to him, if the command of the American army will be able to find out who from the leaders of the IG is behind the terrorist attacks, it will “go for them”, will revenge. “All the time it was clear that we would retain the right to act against ISIL in Afghanistan,” he clarified. – We work to determine who is associated with this cowardly attack, and we are ready to take action against them. “
Earlier in the Pentagon, the alleged suicide bomb was called the bomb at the airport. On Thursday, August 26, several explosions thundered in the capital of Afghanistan. The suicide bomb led the bomb near the Baron hotel, the second case occurred at the drainage channel, which leads to the air harbor.
later reported about several explosions. The number of dead reached 90 people, about 150 were injured. It is known that 13 of them are American military.
Responsibility for terrorist attacks in the capital of Afghanistan took over the terrorist group of ISHIL.