Chairman of the Joint Chiefs: "We all have pain and anger" after Afghan war
General Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave their first press briefing since the last American troops left Afghanistan.
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General Mark Milley and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin gave their first press briefing since the last American troops left Afghanistan.
The U.S. "demilitarized," or rendered useless, nearly 170 pieces of equipment in Kabul.
Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, XVIII Airborne Corps, was one of the commanders on the ground running the evacuation mission.
The suicide bombing also left 18 U.S. service members and scores of Afghans wounded.
"Every single U.S. service member is out of Afghanistan, I can say that with absolute certainty," General Kenneth F. McKenzie said Monday.
None of the rockets hit the airport, but the attack was just the latest to target the facility where the U.S. military is racing to wrap up its biggest airlift operation ever.
The strike was the second against the militant group since a deadly attack against U.S. forces last week.
The strike came after the group claimed responsibility for the Kabul airport attack, which left at least 170 dead, including 13 U.S. service members.
He accused top leaders of failing to take responsibility for a chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Austin had said earlier this month that he'd require service members to be vaccinated either upon FDA approval or by mid-September with a waiver from Biden.
President Biden said in remarks on Sunday that the hope is not to extend the deadline and to have completed the operation by then but there are ongoing discussions about whether to extend.
The move comes following the FDA giving full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
U.S. evacuation efforts continue in Afghanistan despite a security threat and an influx of people arriving at the Kabul airport in an attempt to flee the Taliban.
"These are difficult days for those who lost loved ones in Afghanistan and those who carry the wounds of war," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday.
The aircraft was featured in viral videos of Afghans clamoring to get on board.