A senior U.S. official stated Saturday that likely threats by the Islamic Condition (IS) group towards Us citizens in Afghanistan are forcing the U.S. armed forces to obtain new techniques for evacuees to attain the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

Officials declined to provide much more details about the IS danger but explained it to the Related Push as significant.

President Joe Biden was briefed on IS in Afghanistan on Saturday in a condition space assembly that incorporated Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Condition Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, Countrywide Safety Adviser Jake Sullivan and Nationwide Intelligence Director Avril Haines. 

All gates at the Kabul airport were being closed Saturday because of a backup at Al Udeid Air Foundation in Qatar, in accordance to a Protection division official who was not licensed to communicate publicly.

Most U.S. military services evacuation planes