'The threat is real. It's acute. It is persistent. And it is something we're focused on with every tool in our arsenal,' the national security advisor said Sunday.
The U.S. embassy told citizens that day"to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates at this time unless you receive individual instructions from a U.S. government representative to do so.", a State Department spokesperson said that officials issued the security alert"to avoid large crowds outside the airport gates – both for security purposes and as a means to make the processing as efficient as possible.
ISIS has long declared an intention to attack Americans and U.S. interests abroad and has been active in Afghanistan for years. According to the, the group has recently carried out a wave of horrific attacks, mostly against the Islamic Shiite minority. The group has been targeted by U.S. airstrikes in recent years, but some officials fear they could gain more power in Afghanistan now that the country has fallen to the, the AP reported. The potential security threat comes as the U.S. government continues to evacuate thousands of Americans and Afghan allies from the country.
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday that preventing a terrorist attack from ISIS is a"priority" as the U.S. attempts to evacuate citizens from Afghanistan. Here, the U.S. military and British armed forces work to evacuate eligible civilians and their families on August 21, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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