Kabul evacuations continue despite Islamic State suicide attack
Pentagon sees little choice but to make do with Taliban security perimeter until Tuesday's withdrawal deadline.
US commanders overseeing evacuations from Kabul international airport continue to coordinate with Taliban checkpoints outside the gates after a deadly suicide bombing struck near the main entrance Thursday.
Pentagon officials are projecting confidence in the makeshift arrangement even as they expect additional attacks by groups such as the Islamic State Khorasan.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby cited “specific, credible threats” to security at the airfield during a press briefing Friday.
“We’re doing everything we can to be prepared,” the head of US forces in the Middle East, Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie, told reporters yesterday.
