US allies are likely to warn of terrorist attacks as the withdrawal period from Afghanistan approaches.

The United States and its allies have warned that more terrorist attacks are likely to take place in Kabul as the deadline for military withdrawal from Afghanistan approaches.

Two suicide bombers attacked Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on Thursday, where thousands are still waiting to be evacuated after the Taliban was captured.

U.S. Central Command confirmed Thursday evening that 13 members of the U.S. service had been killed and 18 wounded. UK Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace said on Friday that between 60 and 80 Afghans were also killed in the blasts.

ISIS-K, affiliated with the Afghanistan-based terrorist group, has claimed responsibility for the attack.

President Joe Biden said earlier this week that the group posed a growing threat to the airport, adding that it had been “so determined to limit the duration of the mission.”

U.S. Marine Corps General Kenneth McKenzie, Jr. said Thursday at a Pentagon session that ISIS is likely to try to continue the attacks before the evacuations end.

On Friday, Wallace said the threat of more attacks in the area increases as the deadline for Western troops to leave the country approaches.

“Clearly the threat will grow as we get closer to leaving,” he told Sky News. “The narrative will always be, as we go, that some groups like ISIS will want to bet on a claim that the United States or the United Kingdom has expelled.”

Wallace also fired at the Biden administration, saying the West “seems to be solving the problems; no, it’s managing them.” He added that support for nation-building should be carried out “as a long-term international force”.

Completion of evacuations

At around 4.30am on Friday, the United Kingdom authorized the closure of its processing center at Kabul’s Baron’s Hotel and evacuated its officials. Wallace told BBC News that the last 1,000 eligible people inside the airfield would be prosecuted and taken off on Friday.

However, he has admitted that not everyone will be able to leave, and has told LBC radio station that up to 150 British citizens may not have left even though evacuation efforts are entering their final hours.

Australia has ceased all evacuation flights from Afghanistan following the bombings, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Friday, saying it was no longer safe to continue evacuations.