Pentagon reports on IS and Al-Qaeda militants remaining in Afghanistan

Kirby said this at a briefing.

The broadcast was hosted by C-SPAN.

"We know that al-Qaeda, like IS, is present in Afghanistan ... We do not believe that their number is prohibitively high, but we do not have specific figures," said a Pentagon spokesman.

Earlier, US President Joe Biden said that since August 14, the United States has evacuated about 13 thousand people, at the moment there are almost 6 thousand American troops in the country.

* "Al-Qaeda" - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of 02/14/2003.

** "Islamic State" (IS, ISIS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.