The United States says it is bracing for repeat attacks by the ISIS terrorist group following Thursday’s lethal blasts outside Kabul’s international airport that left at least 85 dead, including 13 U.S. troops. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, shortly after the attacks, Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth F. McKenzie Jr., commander of U.S. Central Command, said he expected attacks by ISIS to continue, including possibly rockets or car-bombs targeting the airport. U.S. forces are doing everything possible to prepare for those attacks, he said. ISIS-K, an ISIS affiliate, claimed responsibility for the blasts, bragging about a suicide bomber “managing to penetrate all the security fortifications” put into place by U.S. forces and the Taliban. “The threat from ISIS is extremely real,” McKenzie warned on Thursday. “We’ve been talking about this several days, we saw it actually manifest itself here in the last few hours, with an actual attack.” He …
More Attacks Expected, US Flag to Fly at Half-Staff After Kabul Carnage
August 27, 2021
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