U.S. drone strikes an ISIS-K vehicle packed with explosives in Kabul

Several international bodies intend to meet Monday to discuss various aspects of the situation in Afghanistan.

The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet on Monday. The last time the full UN Security Council met was on Aug. 16, a day after a stunning Taliban takeover of the country.

Foreign ministers of the G-7, along with Turkey and Qatar, are also planning to hold a virtual meeting, CNBC confirmed Sunday with a state department official.

Sunday’s strike comes in the wake of a warning from President Joe Biden’s national security team a day earlier that an attack at the airport in Kabul is “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours.”

“The situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous, and the threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Saturday, adding that he directed U.S. commanders to “take every possible measure to prioritize force protection.”

Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, told reporters Thursday that ISIS is likely to try to continue attacks before the evacuations conclude.

“We believe it is their desire to continue those attacks and we expect those attacks to continue,” the four-star general told reporters at the Pentagon, adding that the U.S. was monitoring an “extremely active threat stream against the airfield.”

McKenzie, who oversees U.S. military operations in the region, said the threats against Western forces and civilians at the airport ranged from gunfire to rockets to suicide bombings.

“So very, very real threat streams, what we would call tactical that means imminent, could occur at any moment,” he said. McKenzie said that he did not foresee requesting additional U.S. troops for the mission.

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