<Anchor> As the
worrying situation became a reality, western countries, including the United States, were in a state of emergency. Connect with Washington for more information.
Correspondent Yunsoo Kim, an emergency security meeting was convened at the White House, right?
<Reporter>
Yes, as soon as President Biden received the report of the bombing, he urgently convened Secretary of State Blincoln, Secretary of Defense Austin, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Millie.
An emergency security meeting was held at the White House for over three hours, and it is not yet known what specific measures were taken.
President Biden is due to give a public address on the attack shortly after.
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There is a prospect that disruption to the Afghan evacuation operation will become inevitable. What is the US plan to do?
<Reporter> There was
a briefing at the Ministry of Defense a while ago, and the US Central Command in charge of Afghanistan said that the evacuation operation would continue. Let's hear it.
[Mackenzie/U.S. Central Command: Despite this attack, the evacuation operation will continue as quickly as possible. Today, about 5,000 people were evacuated by plane.]
Commander Mackenzie said that there is a threat of additional terrorism in particular.
President Biden previously said he would not extend the evacuation deadline because of the threat of terrorism.
However, it does not seem to be free from criticism that the initial prediction of the Taliban was wrong, which caused a confusing evacuation situation, and also failed to respond to the bombing.
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How are the other countries that sent troops to Afghanistan now?
<Reporter>
Each country is slightly different.
Britain decided to continue the evacuation operation like the United States, France temporarily suspended it, and Germany declared the evacuation operation to end.
The United Nations issued a statement condemning the terrorist attack and convened an emergency Security Council meeting.