General Kenneth F. McKenzie was the Commander of the United States Central Command. He stated during a Thursday press conference that the U.S. Military is relying upon the Taliban to “protect” them with the security they are supposed to provide outside of the airport.
McKenzie’s comments come as at least 12 U.S. soldiers were killed and at least 60 Afghans were injured in suicide bombings at an airport earlier in the morning.
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Biden's military says they are relying on the Taliban to "protect us" at the Kabul airport as 12+ U.S. soldiers have been killed. pic.twitter.com/mRE8p6vvxe
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McKenzie stated that they are focusing on other “extremely aggressive threat streams” to the airport. This follows a Fox News report that claimed that hundreds of ISIS terrorists were outside the airport.
“But right now our focus really, we have other active threat streams, extremely active threat streams against the airfield, we want to make sure we are taking the steps to protect ourselves there,” he said. “Our focus is on that.”
McKenzie stated that additional Islamic terrorist attacks are “imminent” but “could happen at any time.”
Biden’s administration is also said to have shared intelligence with the Taliban. McKenzie acknowledged at the press conference that he couldn’t say whether the Taliban allowed terror attacks to take place.
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NBC's Richard Engel: "Just a few wks ago, the United States military, CENTCOM, this same general, was bombing the Taliban. Now? The U.S. is sharing limited intelligence w/the Taliban, relying on them to secure the outer perimeter, saying that some Taliban are good at security." pic.twitter.com/c2DndiqQpz
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