Today's D Brief: 6K Guard troops for Ida; Taliban prep parade; Most Americans support Afghan exit; Javelins to Ukraine; And a bit more.
By Ben Watson
September 1, 2021 11:18 AM ET
The D Brief
The U.S. plans to keep targeting terrorists inside Afghanistan even though there are no more American troops inside the country, President Joe Biden said Tuesday at the White House.
“We will maintain the fight against terrorism in Afghanistan and other countries,” Biden said. “We just don’t need to fight a ground war to do it. We have what’s called over-the-horizon capabilities, which means we can strike terrorists and targets without American boots on the ground—or very few, if needed. We’ve shown that capacity just in the last week” when the U.S. allegedly targeted ISIS-Khorasan fighters in Kabul and Nangarhar province. “And to ISIS-K: We are not done with you yet,” Biden said.
Defense One’s Jacqueline Feldscher has more from Biden’s Tuesday message, here.
https://www.defenseone.com/threats/2021/09/the-d-brief-september-01-2021/185013/
