Joe Biden vowed to plough ahead with the evacuation of people trying to flee Afghanistan and punish the perpetrators of an attack outside Kabul’s international airport that killed at least 13 US troops as well as dozens of Afghans.
“We will not be deterred by terrorists, we will not let them stop our mission. We will continue the evacuation,” the US president said in remarks at the White House on Thursday.
Biden said he had ordered military commanders to “develop operational plans to strike Isis-K assets, leadership and facilities”. The US would “respond with force and precision” at a moment and place of Washington’s choosing, he added.