Statement by President Joe Biden on the Evacuation Mission in Kabul
On Saturday, U.S. Presdient Joe Biden released a candid statement about the situation in Kabual Afghanistan following a retaliatory air strike less than 48 hours after ISIS-K attacked the Kabul attack that killing 13 Americans and numerous Afghans. He said evacuations efforts are continuing despite the dangerous environment. The entire statement follows: This morning, I met with my national security team in Washington and my commanders in the field. We discussed the strike that U.S. forces took last night against the terrorist group ISIS-K in Afghanistan. I said we would go after the group responsible for the attack on our troops and innocent civilians in Kabul, and we have. This strike was not the last. We will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay. Whenever anyone seeks to harm the United States or attack our troops, we will respond. That will never be in doubt. I thanked General McKenzie for his leadership of that m...