US President Joe Biden said that his country has common interests with the Taliban, denying the existence of information from the field about the movement's complicity with the Islamic State in the Khorasan Province, following the organization's adoption of one of the two bombings that rocked the vicinity of Kabul Airport yesterday, Thursday, killing and wounding dozens.

President Biden revealed that his country will plan a strike targeting ISIS in Afghanistan at the appropriate time, and that ISIS - which he described as the enemy - will not deter Washington from carrying out the strike, adding that it is in the interest of the Taliban to leave the US forces on time.

Biden warned that the situation on the ground in Afghanistan is still developing, stressing that his country will continue to implement what he described as the sacred obligation towards the families of American soldiers.

He added that there was information that ISIS - the sworn enemy of the Taliban, as Biden says - was planning attacks, and indicated the evacuation of more than 100,000 American and Afghan citizens, in what he described as the largest air evacuation of its kind.

The repercussions of the matter are accelerating, as the death toll has risen to at least 60 people, while more than 140 others were injured in the two explosions that took place at the eastern gate of Kabul Airport, which shook the airport's surroundings yesterday.

The US Department of Defense (Pentagon) said that 13 US soldiers were killed and 18 others were wounded, and a number of Taliban fighters who were securing the airport were wounded in the explosion.

And the ISIS-affiliated Amaq News Agency quoted on its Telegram channel what it described as military sources as saying that “a fighter from the Islamic State managed to penetrate all security fortifications and managed to reach a large gathering of translators and collaborators with the American army at Baran camp near Kabul Airport and detonated his explosive belt in the midst of them.” As a result, about 60 people were killed and more than 100 others were wounded, including Taliban fighters."


Al-Jazeera correspondent Hamidullah Muhammad Shah - quoting a source from the Taliban - said that the first explosion was a "suicide bombing" that took place near a camp for British forces where Afghans wishing to leave were gathered.

In turn, a source in the Pentagon confirmed that one of the explosions occurred near the "Abi" gate at Kabul Airport, and resulted in an unknown number of victims.

And the media office of the British Ministry of Defense announced that the ministry is working urgently to find out what happened in Kabul and the extent of its impact on the ongoing evacuation efforts at the airport for days.

The office added that the top priority now was to secure the safety of British soldiers and citizens in Kabul.

Fox News quoted sources as saying that the attacks may be coordinated and still continue, with hundreds of ISIS militants present in areas near the airport.

For his part, the commander of the US Central Command, General Kenneth McKenzie, confirmed that the attack was carried out by two suicide bombers, and the assessment indicates that they belong to ISIS.

McKenzie said - in a press conference at the headquarters of the Ministry of Defense (Pentagon) - that the bombing was followed by shooting, and stressed that evacuations from Afghanistan would continue despite the attack.

He stressed that the danger of ISIS is real in Afghanistan, and he expected the organization's attacks to continue, but he stressed that his country has what it needs in Afghanistan to protect itself, and that it is determined to respond to ISIS after the Kabul airport attack, adding that he does not see that the Taliban may have allowed by attacking.

The Taliban condemned the bombing that targeted civilians at Kabul airport, and the movement's spokesman, Muhammad Sohail Shaheen, said in a tweet on Twitter that the Taliban strongly condemn the bombing that targeted civilians at the airport, which occurred in an area where US forces are responsible for security.

Shaheen added that the Taliban pay close attention to the security and protection of its people, and the circles of evil will be strictly stopped.

The United States and its allies are racing against time to complete the aerial evacuation of Americans, Western nationals and some Afghan collaborators from Kabul before the August 31 deadline for its full military withdrawal.