Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby and Army Maj. Gen. William “Hank” Taylor will hold a briefing after U.S. anti-missile defenses intercepted rockets fired at Kabul‘s airport early on Monday and the United States flew its core diplomats out of Afghanistan in the final hours of its chaotic withdrawal.

U.S. troops are due to pull out of Kabul by Tuesday, after they and their allies mounted the biggest air evacuation in history, bringing 114,000 of their own citizens and Afghans who helped them over 20 years of war.

The rockets followed a massive Islamic State suicide bombing outside the teeming airport gates on Thursday, which killed scores of Afghans and 13 U.S. troops.

In recent days Washington has warned of more attacks, while carrying out two airstrikes against Islamic State targets, including one on Sunday it said thwarted an attempted suicide bombing by blowing up a car packed with explosives.

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