JUST IN: The U.S. is tracking specific threats from ISIS against Kabul's airport and against Americans and others trying to leave Afghanistan, two defense officials say.
The U.S. is tracking specific threats from ISIS against Kabul's airport and against Americans and others trying to leave Afghanistan, two defense officials said Saturday.
Earlier, it was advised that American citizens trying to leave should not to travel to Kabul's airport because of"potential security threats" as senior"We are advising U.S. citizens 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," the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan said in a statement Saturday.
Time is running out ahead of Biden's Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw most remaining U.S. troops, and the president did not commit to extending it Friday.
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