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The New York Democrat said in a statement that he had just spoken to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin about the “heinous attacks” on U.S. personnel and the Afghan partners.

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New Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is set to meet President Biden for the first time Friday at the White House, where he is expected to push for Washington to back off from reviving a deal to curtail Iran’s nuclear program.

At least 12 U.S. service members — 11 Marines, a Navy medic — were killed in the Kabul attacks, a U.S. official confirms to the NewsHour.

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President Biden’s meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has been rescheduled to Friday following the deadly attack in Kabul, according to the White House.

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In a statement Thursday, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., said that it’s too early to draw conclusions on who was responsible for Thursday’s attack in Kabul, but suggested that the extremist group ISIS-K had “a clear motivation” to disrupt American evacuation

The health ministry said the contamination was reported at multiple vaccination sites.

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