LATEST: President Biden vows to respond 'with force' to the terrorists who killed 12 U.S. service members and a number of Afghans in suicide bombings outside the Kabul airport on Thursday.
In addition to the 12 U.S. service members killed, 15 were wounded. The Pentagon was unable to say how many Afghans were killed or injured.
Members of Biden's national security team learned of the first explosion as they gathered in the Situation Room on Thursday morning for a pre-scheduled meeting with the president.
ISIS-K is an affiliate of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and is a sworn enemy of both the U.S. and the Taliban. Democrats and Republicans have pressured Biden in recent days to extend the evacuation operations past Aug. 31 out of concern that not all Americans and Afghan allies would be able to get out by the deadline. After a shaky start, the pace of evacuations increased in recent days, with more than 70,000 people evacuated since mid-August, according to the White House.that the president “has neither the capacity nor the will to lead. He must resign.
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