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Deadline. the pentagon did carry out a drone strike on friday just less than 48 hours after that -- on saturday, less than 48 hours after that terrorist attack killed scores of afghans and 13 u.s. service members and did kill two isis members that the pentagon said were valuable targets. but pentagon press secretary john kirby said yesterday that the u.s. is not going to get complacent here, all those they were high level planners who had the possibility of planning further attacks against u.s. forces, the threat continues and is very real. take a listen. >> make no mistake. nobody's writing t...

Breaking news tonight out of afghanistan, the u.s. embassy in kabul has just issued a security alert for the kabul airport. this is due, in their words, to a specific credible threat at multiple areas, and this new warning comes just hours after president biden said the georgia mission faces a, quote, high likelihood of a terror attack in the next 24 to 36 hours. >> they're real, dynamic, and we are monitoring them literally in real time. we're taking all the means necessary to make sure we're focused on that threat stream and doing what we can for force protection. >> let me bring in military...

A prevention strategy. trying to prevent any potential attacks coming against the troops on the -- in afghanistan as we lead up to that drawdown on august 31st. remember, those two isis targets killed, the pentagon identified them as planners and facilitators. saying that one, quote, "they believed was associated with potential future attacks at the airport." take a listen to pentagon spokesperson john kirby kind of assess the threat as it still stands. >> make no mistake, nobody's writing this off and saying we got them. we don't have to worry about isis-k anymore. not the case. as i said ear...

Monitoring these real threats in realtime. obviously the focus is around the airport. one of the things they had already been doing in the lead up to the attack yesterday, as we knew this threat stream was coming in was to secure the perimeter, make it much stronger. that obviously is continuing. but, anderson, one of the major things they are doing is coordinating with the pal dan. the taliban is obviously the most powerful force there on the ground outside the airport. the u.s. has asked the taliban to extend the perimeter farther away from the airport. they have asked them to shut down some...

Walking on the face of the earth, it is a good thing. it is a good thing for the people of afghanistan, for our troops and our forces ats at th airfield. i'll leave tit there. >> can you discuss the airport? we've seen a number of allies bring their evacuation operations to a close early. will the u.s. stay there through the 31st? >> we are going to complete this mission by the end of the month. we've said that. nothing has changed about the timeline for us. we will do this as safe and orderly as possible. that includes being able to continue to evacuate right up until the end. >> what about t...