US warns citizens to steer clear of Kabul airport as terror risk stays high

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The United States issued another alert to its citizens on Saturday asking them to "immediately" leave the gates around the Kabul airport, where the suicide bombing took place on Thursday.</p>
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"US citizens who are at the Abbey gate, East gate, North gate or the New Ministry of Interior gate now should leave immediately," the US Embassy in Kabul said in a security alert.</p>
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"Because of security threats at the Kabul airport, we continue to advise US citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid airport gates," the statement added.</p>
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The alert comes even as the US hit back at the terror group with a drone strike in Afghanistan to kill one of their main plotters of the Kabul airport bombing.</p>
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As many as 1,000 Americans and many more Afghans are still struggling to get out of Afghanistan as the Biden administration remains committed to its Aug. 31 deadline</p>
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After the Kabul airport blast, Geneneral Kenneth McKenzie, the head of US Central Command had warned that the threat of more terror attacks is “extremely real.”</p>
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“We expect those attacks to continue, and we’re doing everything we can to prepare for those attacks.”</p>
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McKenzie said the United States was prepared to use attack aircraft , including AC-130 gunships to defend the airport if necessary. "We'll be prepared to do that, should it become necessary to defend the base," he said.</p>
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