Deadly Kabul Attack News Today

It is now 11:30 in the morning in kabul, afghanistan, where scores of people are still hoping to leave the country, still gathering at that airport despite a pair of deadly suicide bombings. more than 90 afghans and 13 u.s. service members were killed on thursday. the commander of the u.s. central command warning this might be just the beginning and more attacks are suspected. the jihadist group known as isis-k is claiming responsibility for the bombings, one year the airports main entrance for ...

Says its operation will end in a matter of hours. lets talk more about cnn military analyst cedric leighton. good to see you, colonel, there in washington. president biden promised a swift response to any attack on u.s. forces. he now says hes going to hunt the perpetrators down. how much pressure is there on him to follow through, and how does he respond if its isis-k? how to reach them in a taliban-controlled environment? >> well, thats going to be the toughest thing, michael. one of the thing...

Asked his military commanders to draw up options for how to respond to this, including possible strikes against isis-k assets and leadership. the president has said that they have an idea of who might have been responsible for this attack, but they are still working on that full ascertainment. this comes at a time when the president and top military officials have warned that another attack from that islamic state offshoot could be possible, possibly imminent as that august 31st deadline for a d...

Means by which we find any american who wishes to get out of afghanistan, we will find them, and we will get them out. >> reporter: the taliban say they will seek justice for the attack as coordination between u.s. forces and the taliban continues. u.s. commanders on the ground have asked the taliban to push out the security corridor around the airfield and shared some information to prevent attacks. >> we believe its possible that others have been thwarted. we cut down the information we give t...

Questions as to how that size of an attack got through the taliban checkpoints, particularly if there are individuals there who were in fact armed. many questions to be answered here certainly, but the biggest one i think for today, for the urgent evacuation operation that the u.s. is insisting is continuing is how do you get people through those gates at all with this sort of security risk? michael. >> yeah, absolutely. nick paton walsh, appreciate the analysis there. thanks for that. lets tu...

Important to show them because they expose the inhumanity that is happening right now in afghanistan. the death toll has risen to more than 90 afghans and 13 u.s. troops, and the pentagon warns that there are valid fears another attack could happen. >> lets talk a little bit about the threat strains. very, very real threat stains. very what we would call tactical, which means imminent. we assess the threat is high right now. >> despite the risk of further attacks, the u.s. will push ahead with e...

Kabul airport became a catastrophe thursday afternoon when two bombings tore through the crowds, killing 13 u.s. service members and dozens of afghan civilians. president joe biden promising the u.s. will strike isis-k and any others who attack. >> we will not forgive. we will not forget. we will hunt you down and make you pay. i will defend our interests and our people with every measure at my command. >> reporter: this graphic video laying bare the horror of the attacks. the victims thrown acr...

Next day for strategic reasons, mutual interests, convergence, such as for example trying to force western troops out of afghanistan. and you also have to remember that isis-k are made up of individuals from both pakistan and afghanistan. they are ethnic, tribal clan lineages with the taliban. so it is a much more murkier nexus than perhaps looking at it from a black and white perspective. >> yeah, thats fascinating. i guess when it comes to this attack, tactically it achieves exactly what isis ...