🧵Pentagon briefing: Kabul
12 US service members killed
15 injured
working assumption is initial SBIED was being searched or in process to be searched to come through the gate
ISIS-K
Have forces, systems, aircraft, unmanned etc we need in place
Current real tactical threats
12 US service members killed
15 injured
working assumption is initial SBIED was being searched or in process to be searched to come through the gate
ISIS-K
Have forces, systems, aircraft, unmanned etc we need in place
Current real tactical threats
Asked Taliban to push out perimeter
Asked Taliban to close roads
Common ground on 8/31 date 🙄
Reiterated our mil air power .. above & on ground
Working alternate routes to get US citizens out
Asked Taliban to close roads
Common ground on 8/31 date 🙄
Reiterated our mil air power .. above & on ground
Working alternate routes to get US citizens out
We think 1 SBomb @ Abbey Gate
No UK casualties @ the Baron Hotel
Does not know size of the bombs
Not aware of any State Dept citizens killed at gate at this time.
No UK casualties @ the Baron Hotel
Does not know size of the bombs
Not aware of any State Dept citizens killed at gate at this time.
Cannot confirm other attacks in Kabul today one way or the other
Doesn't think ISIS-K has manpad capabilities
Keenly sensitive to threats to our aircraft
Doesn't think ISIS-K has manpad capabilities
Keenly sensitive to threats to our aircraft
General closing out:
Remarkable professionalism of forces on the ground
Hard day
Heavy heart
Improving practices
Remarkable professionalism of forces on the ground
Hard day
Heavy heart
Improving practices
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