WASHINGTON: Jake Sullivan National Security Advisor suggests that the US will continue to target the Islamic State in Afghanistan, say two members killed in air strikes on Friday have planned additional attacks.
President Joe Biden “will stop without paying ISIS-K,” said Sullivan about “Fox News Sunday.” The group, the Islamic state released a jump, claiming responsibility for suicide bombings on Thursday which killed at least 88 people, including 13 members of US services.
“He will ensure that we are responsible for this, that we continue to put pressure on the group responsible for this and that we continue to take the target from the battlefield,” Sullivan said.
Immediately after Sullivan’s comments were aired, the US military said air strikes on Sundays destroyed vehicles with alleged explosives on land that caused “threats to occur” to Kabul Airport.
US strikes in Afghanistan on Friday killed two ISIS-K targets and injured third, according to the Department of Defense.
“These are individuals who plan additional attacks,” Sullivan said about the “union situation” CNN.
“And we believe that by removing it, we have disrupted the attack to individuals involved in facilitation and planning and production of explosive devices.” Sullivan, President Joe Joe Biden’s Top National Security Aide, adds to the commemoration – including by Biden himself on Saturday – about the threats faced by US forces when they tried to equip AirLift US citizens and Afghan ally from Kabul on Tuesday.
“We are in a serious danger period given what we see in intelligence,” Sullivan said.
The US has evacuated more than 5,000 of its citizens “and we believe that we go down to a population of 300 or less” that hasn’t come out, he said.
Sullivan renewed the guarantee by Biden administration that he must remain possible for US citizens, residents remain legal and Afghan allies who have travel documents to leave Kabul after August 31.
“After August 31, we believe that we have a substantial leverage to hold the Taliban against its commitment to enable safe passages” for those groups, he said.
The minority leader of the Senate Mitch McConnell questioned the scenario, said the Taliban was “not too worried about international pressure” and the US had “a little or no leverage to remove our employees or our allies.” “I’m afraid of the future to continue the war on terror,” said McConnell about “Fox News Sunday.” State Secretary Antony Blinken reaffirmed the position of Biden that the US will still be able to threaten it after withdrawal.
He quotes the same abilities in a place “where we don’t have boots on the ground every type of sustainable base” like Yemen, Somalia and Libya.
“We have the capacity to go after people who try to endanger us,” Blinken said about NBC “Meet the Press.” “We will maintain that capacity in Afghanistan.” Senator Mitt Romney said the US would lose the ability of intelligence and buffers to prevent terror groups from regroups and planning attacks on A.S.
He blamed the decision by Biden and former President Donald Trump.
“We are in a much more dangerous position,” said the Republic of Utah in CNN.