The U.S. warned that Islamic State poses a threat to Americans in Afghanistan as the Biden administration seeks to evacuate thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghan allies.
Concerns over Islamic State attacks were one reason the U.S. Embassy warned Americans on Saturday to avoid traveling to the airport in Kabul and to avoid airport gates, defense officials have said.
U.S. officials have said they were surprised that Afghanistan fell to the Taliban so quickly.
The secretary of state said there are al Qaeda members in Afghanistan, but argued their capacity to attack the U.S. has been diminished.
United Nations officials have reported that al Qaeda operations are still present in some areas, and U.S. intelligence assessments have said that the group could reconstitute itself in Afghanistan within 18 months to two years after an American withdrawal.
Sen. Joni Ernst said the U.S. should send convoys into Kabul to bring Americans and Afghan partners of the U.S. to the airport for evacuation.
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