Washington: President Joe Biden, his voice breaking up with emotions, swearing on Thursday the United States will hunt them responsible for twin explosions at Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he had asked the Pentagon to attack them back.
Biden spoke hours after the explosion killed at least 13 American troops and a number of civilians, the worst day of the victim for US forces there in a decade.
Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), militant affiliates that previously fought forces A.S.
In Syria and Iraq, claimed responsibility for the attack.
“We will not forgive, we will not forget.
We will hunt you and make you pay,” Biden said in a speech at the White House.
He promises US evacuation will continue.
“We will not be blocked by terrorists, we will not let them stop our mission.
We will continue the evacuation,” he said.
Vice President Kamala Harris canceled his plan to campaign for Democratic Governor California Gavin Newsroom, who faced memory selection on September 14, on his way home from a trip to Asia, and instead would return to Washington, his staff said.
White House spokesman Jen PSAKi told Biden reporters to stick to the target of Tuesday’s towers to withdraw US troops, saying that he did it about the advice of military advisors relating to more attacks.
He said Biden worked to get out every American who wanted to get out of the deadline.
“Our commitment to them does not end,” he said.
Biden said he had ordered the US military commander to develop an operational plan to attack assets, leadership, and ISIS-k facilities.
“We will find a way to choose us, without a large military operation, to get it,” he said.
He looked against tears and his voice broke up with emotion when he talked about the “hero” of America who died.
He ordered a flag in the White House and public buildings throughout the country to be reduced to half staff.
“It’s a difficult day,” he said.
The president said that he had told the US military: “Whatever they need, if they need additional power, I will grant it.” Biden defended his handling of the most serious foreign policy crisis, saying in the end it was his responsibility, while assigning some mistakes to his predecessor, Republic of Donald Trump, for the 2020 trump agreement negotiated with the Taliban.
He said he did not believe the Taliban but believed that it was in group interest to let the evacuation continued.
PSAKI said the United States also has a “very large leverage” – including economic leverage – over the Taliban, which is subject to US sanctions and the United Nations.
The Afghan government has also long relied on dollar transfers from their central bank assets, many of whom were held in the United States.
An administrative official said such assets would not be available for the Taliban.