On Monday, August 30, the American air defense systems intercepted at least five missiles that were fired at the Kabul airport. This was reported by the Reuters news agency with reference to a US official.
According to him, it remains unclear whether all of them were shot down by American air defenses. According to preliminary data, there are no victims from the US military, but, according to the official, everything can change.
The day before, two explosions occurred near the Kabul airport. As CNN clarified with reference to a Pentagon representative, the department confirmed that American drones struck in the city because of the threat from the IG (a terrorist organization banned in the Russian Federation). It was clarified that the strike was carried out on a car that posed a threat to the airport of the Afghan capital. At the same time, the Pentagon assured that there were no civilian casualties as a result of the strike.
However, the Asvaka news agency reported that a rocket hit a residential building in the Hajj Bagra district, among the dead there are children.
On August 28, the US Embassy in Kabul recommended that Americans avoid the territories that are adjacent to the airport of the capital of Afghanistan, due to a certain threat.
On August 27, the central command of the US armed forces reported that the US military launched an air strike in Nangarhar province, the target of the attack was IS militants.
The US strikes were preceded by a series of explosions that occurred in Kabul on August 26, which killed almost 200 people. At the same time, among the victims there are American servicemen, two British citizens and a child of a citizen of the kingdom. According to the Pentagon, ISIS terrorists may be involved in the attacks.
Then American President Joe Biden made a speech, during which he promised to "track down" the perpetrators of the attack and "make them pay" for what they had done. In addition, the head of the White House said that he blames himself for the incident.
