A suicide attack by Daesh at Kabul airport that killed more than 170 innocent people including international forces that were busy evacuating people from Afghanistan is highly condemnable. The US airstrike targeting Daesh was the need of the hour (“US airstrike targets Daesh in Afghanistan, pushes airlift into final stage,” Aug.29, Gulf Today).

The United States launched a drone strike against a Daesh attack “planner” in eastern Afghanistan, the military said on Friday, as the airlift of those desperate to flee moved into its fraught final stages with fresh terror attack warnings and encroaching Taliban forces primed to take over Kabul airport. Earlier, President Joe Biden promised to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, saying he had ordered the Pentagon to come up with plans to strike at the perpetrators. The suicide attack was claimed by a regional chapter of the Daesh group. At least 13 US troops and scores of Afghan civilians were killed on Thursday, and the Pentagon announced it had carried out a drone attack on a “planner” from the militant group in eastern Afghanistan.

The vulnerable people of Afghanistan have suffered a lot. They have lost everything in war since the last four decades and still the situation in Afghanistan is not improving. The world should play its part to bring about peace and stability in Afghanistan.

Hashmat Khan
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