-
Republicans recall that terrorists “will not stop fighting the US” because “politicians get tired of fighting against them”
–
The former president of the United States Donald Trump considered this Thursday that the “savage” attack in the vicinity of Kabul airport, at least 12 American soldiers were killed in it, “should never have been allowed”. Trump did not go so far as to directly criticize his successor, Democrat Joe Biden, whom he has attacked in recent days for the hasty US exit from Afghanistan. “This tragedy should never have been allowed, which makes our pain even deeper and more difficult to understand,” Trump, who ruled the US between 2017 and 2021, said in a statement. With a less aggressive tone than on other occasions, he transferred his condolences and those of former first lady Melania Trump to the “brave” members of the Armed Forces. “Our thoughts are with the families of the innocent civilians who died today in the savage attack on Kabul,” he said.
Trump’s statements add to the critics members of the Republican Party in Congress, including the leader of the conservative minority in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, have been broadcasting throughout the day. In a statement, he considered that the “disgusting” attacks in Kabul are a sample of “the terrible things” that happen “when terrorists are allowed to operate freely” and called for “redoubled global efforts” against these “barbarian enemies” . He was also “enraged” by the “disgusting” attacks and criticized the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan ordered by Biden. McConnell added that this “deadly” attack offers “the clearest possible reminder” that the terrorists “will not stop fighting against the United States just because our politicians get tired of fighting against them. “” We need to redouble our global efforts to confront these barbarian enemies who want to kill Americans and attack our homeland, “he said in a statement in which he does not mention the current US president by name. .
The attack comes five days from the date set by Biden for the end of the evacuation mission and the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, on August 31. It is the first time that the US military has died in Afghanistan since February 2020, when two US soldiers were killed. The North American country believes that a suicide bomber from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group detonated a bomb in one of the entrances to the Kabul airport, the so-called Abbey Gate, while another set off the explosives he was carrying near the Baron Hotel, located in the vicinity of the airfield, which was followed by an armed attack. Medical sources in Afghanistan have also reported the death of 60 Afghan civilians and that another 150 have been injured.
The victims were mostly part of the crowd trying to board one of the evacuation flights, while the alert continues for possible new attacks. The attack was claimed by the Afghan branch of the jihadist group Islamic State (IS), according to a statement from the information agency of the radicals, Amaq, disseminated by its propaganda channels on the internet.
International condemnation
The French President, Emmanuel Macron, condemned “with the greatest firmness” the attacks terrorists that occurred this Thursday in the vicinity of the Kabul airport but assured that his country will continue the evacuation until its conclusion. “France will carry it out and maintain humanitarian action and the protection of threatened Afghans,” Macron said in a statement.
French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Thursday morning that evacuation operations will continue until Friday night, because then the French military conducting them will have to leave Kabul airport. In remarks during his official visit to Ireland, Macron said today, before the attacks, that France would try to evacuate “several hundred” Afghans and that his government was doing its best in an “extremely difficult” situation.
For its part, the Government of Ecuador on Thursday condemned the “cowardly” terrorist attacks. The Ecuadorian Foreign Ministry, in an official statement, also expressed Ecuador’s solidarity with the people of Afghanistan and the United States, who have been affected by the suicide attacks. The Foreign Ministry expressed “its condemnation of the cowardly terrorist actions perpetrated at the Kabul airport, which have left dozens of victims.”
Also the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has joined this message and has expressed that “our hearts break for the people of Afghanistan and the loved ones of the victims, including the brave men and women of our allies.” “We will continue to work with our partners to support Afghans and resettle refugees in Canada, “he said.
Related news
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas has called it “disgusting“this attack and has sent its” condolences to the families of the victims, including American soldiers. “For its part, the Turkish Foreign Ministry has launched a similar message in which it” strongly condemns this heinous attack. “
Finally, other Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Bahrain have issued statements along the same lines. The Saudi Arabian Foreign Ministry has rejected the attacks as “incompatible with all religious principles and moral and human values.” From Egypt they have condemned “appalling terrorism” and in Bahrain they have rejected “a heinous terrorist act that contradicts all moral and humanitarian values and principles”.
– .
