U.S. President Joe Biden pledges to hunt down the perpetrators of the suicide bombings in Kabul that killed 12 American troops. "We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay," Biden says in an address from the White House during which he praised the slain U.S. troops as "heroes."
READ MORE: Two explosions near the Kabul airport on Thursday killed U.S. military personnel and Afghans who were gathering there in an effort to flee the country.
At least 60 Afghans were killed and another 143 were wounded, according to an Afghan official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was quoted by The Associated Press.
U.S. General Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, said during a Pentagon news briefing that 12 U.S. troops — 11 Marines and one Navy medic — were killed and 15 others injured.
Later Thursday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, its news agency reported on its Telegram channel.
McKenzie said a gunfight occurred after the bombings, but that evacuation flights were continuing.
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