'We will not forgive,' Biden says after 13 US deaths in Kabul

President says military will continue to help Afghans leave after Aug. 31

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President Joe Biden pauses as he speaks about the bombings at the Kabul airport that killed at least 12 U.S. service members, from the East Room of the White House on August 26. © AP

Nikkei staff writers

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK -- U.S. President Joe Biden has vowed to push on with evacuations from Afghanistan despite a suicide attack near Kabul's international airport that killed scores of civilians and at least 13 American soldiers.

Pledging to go after the culprits, Biden said: "To those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wishes America harm, know this: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay."

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