 | | | Sam Shedden | | Engagement Editor |
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Good morning, How did Joe Biden administration’s think the U.S. (and UK's) military withdrawal in Afghanistan was going to end? That's the question many commentators and critics are asking this morning after Thursday night's tragic attacks near Kabul airport left 90 dead and injured at least 150 people. Of those 90 fatalities most were Afghan civilians trying to flee the country while 13 were US military personnel. It was the deadliest attack on the US military since 2011. The attack has enraged much of the US public, adding more voices to the criticism of President Joe Biden for the chaotic scenes attributed to the superpower's exit from the country. In Britain, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said the UK evacuation mission in Kabul is into its final "hours" after closing the main processing centre in Baron Hotel near the airport. Mr Wallace warned: "The threat is obviously going to grow the closer we get to leaving," he told Sky News. "The narrative is always going to be certain groups, such as IS, will want to stake a claim that they have driven out the US or the UK." Nicola Sturgeon has offered her condolences to the victims of Thursday’s bomb attacks outside Kabul airport. , Scotland's First Minister wrote: "The dreadful attacks at Kabul airport today compound the horror unfolding in Afghanistan." | 
