{"id":687370,"date":"2021-08-26T16:05:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:05:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=687370"},"modified":"2021-08-26T16:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-26T20:14:23","slug":"isis-behind-afghanistan-bombings-us-prepared-to-take-action-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/isis-behind-afghanistan-bombings-us-prepared-to-take-action-general\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS Behind Afghanistan Bombings, US \u2018Prepared to Take Action:\u2019 General"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisis-behind-afghanistan-bombings-us-prepared-to-take-action-general%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=687370&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-isis\">ISIS<\/a> terrorist group was behind the bombings in Kabul, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-afghanistan\">Afghanistan<\/a> on Thursday, according to a top U.S. general.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe threat from ISIS is extremely real. We\u2019ve been talking about this for several days; we saw it actually manifest itself here in the last few hours with an actual attack,\u201d Kenneth McKenzie, the CENTCOM commander general, told reporters in a briefing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe it is their desire to continue those attacks and we expect those attacks to continue and we\u2019re doing everything we can to prepare for those attacks,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. officials had warned this week about a possible ISIS attack, including in briefings with Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Military officials are continuing to coordinate with the Taliban, including conveying what they expect that terrorist group to do \u201cto protect us,\u201d according to McKenzie. That includes pushing the Taliban to expand the ground they are patrolling outside the airport.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no indication the Taliban was involved in the attack or let it happen, according to U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden vowed recently that any action against U.S. troops would trigger a swift response. Asked about that, McKenzie said that would depend on locating those behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can find who\u2019s associated with this, we will go after them. We\u2019ve been clear all along that we\u2019re going to retain the right to operate against ISIS in Afghanistan and we are working very hard right now to determine attribution,\u00a0to determine whose associated with this cowardly attack, and we\u2019re prepared to take action against them. 24\/7 we are looking for them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/multiple-us-soldiers-killed-in-afghanistan-bombings-pentagon_3966825.html\">A dozen U.S. troops were killed and 15 others were wounded<\/a> by two or more explosions just outside the airport on Thursday. One went off at the Abbey Gate, an entrance U.S. troops are guarding, and at least one more went off nearby.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3966855\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bodies-in-kabul-1200x800-1.jpg\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3966855\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/bodies-in-kabul-1200x800-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Volunteers and medical staff unload bodies from a pickup truck outside a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 26, 2021. (Wakil Kohsar\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>The exact circumstances of the attack are under investigation but the preliminary understanding is a suicide bomber got to the gate before setting off a bomb.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. troops are in position at the gates to vet people trying to get through. The vetting includes checking for bombs or other weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no substitute for a young man or woman, a young United States man or woman, standing up there conducting a search of that person before we let them on,\u201d McKenzie said.<\/p>\n<p>Before the first bomb went off, 104,000 people were let through the gates.<\/p>\n<p>The Taliban check people at their checkpoints before letting them pass but sometimes those searches are not thorough.<\/p>\n<p>The United States began controlling the airport around the time the Taliban took over the country. It\u2019s the only ground U.S. troops control ahead of their planned withdrawal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now our focus is actually going forward ensuring another attack of this nature does not occur, because as you know the pattern is typically multiple attacks,\u201d McKenzie said.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has been briefed on the attack, according to the White House. Neither he nor any other White House officials have spoken publicly since the bombings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/WEB_ZacharyStieber-1.jpg\" alt=\"Zachary Stieber\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Zachary Stieber<\/p>\n<p>Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zachary Stieber covers U.S. news, including politics and court cases. He started at The Epoch Times as a New York City metro reporter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ISIS terrorist group was behind the bombings in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, according to a top U.S. general. \u201cThe threat from ISIS is extremely real. 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