Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that US forces will continue to operate Kabul airport until August 31, while the Taliban has deployed additional numbers of its militants in the vicinity of Kabul Airport.
Kirby added in a press conference that the Taliban does not take over the task of securing Kabul Airport, that the threats are changing in Afghanistan and that Washington is taking all necessary measures to focus on the evacuation mission.
Kirby added that ISIS in Afghanistan has the ability to conduct operations inside Kabul, and that US forces are watching closely.
Kirby refused to reveal the names of the two prominent ISIS leaders who were killed in the US military strike in Afghanistan.
The Pentagon announced the killing of two "important targets" in the Islamic State, a "planner" and a "executor", and the injury of a third in the strike.
Security reinforcements
"I can confirm, after receiving more information, that two important ISIS targets were killed and a third wounded" in Saturday's strike from outside Afghanistan, General Hank Taylor said during a press conference.
In a parallel context, the Associated Press reported that the Taliban has deployed additional numbers of its militants in the vicinity of Kabul Airport, to prevent gathering and gathering near the airport.
The agency added that the movement set up checkpoints on the main roads leading to the airport, and the movement's elements were seen on military vehicles wearing uniforms and carrying weapons and night vision goggles.
Reuters reported, citing a Taliban spokesman, that the Kabul airport will be under full control of the movement very soon, adding, "We have sufficient security and technical teams to operate it."
Evacuation continues
For his part, US President Joe Biden said that evacuations from Kabul airport will continue despite the suicide attack that occurred the day before yesterday, Thursday.
Biden added, in his statements during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett today, Saturday, that "the mission they are doing is dangerous, and it was accompanied by a significant loss in the ranks of the forces, and it is also very important because they are continuing the evacuations, and they evacuated 12,000 people during the past 24 hours."
The US president said that he held a meeting with military leaders in the morning, and obtained a detailed briefing on Thursday's attacks, and the measures taken to protect his country's forces "in order to complete the task that we will complete."