On August 22, Biden said that his administration knew that "terrorists may seek to exploit the situation" in Afghanistan and that ISIS-K was a "likely source" of threat. On August 26, a suicide bombing at the Kabul airport killed 13 U.S. service members and 169 Afghans. Biden said that ISIS-K was responsible for the attack, and declared to the attackers that the United States "will hunt you down and make you pay". The next day, an American drone strike killed two ISIS-K targets, who were "planners and facilitators", according to a U.S. Army general.