US flags to be flown at half-staff until Aug. 30

On Thursday, US flags flown astatine the White House and national buildings volition beryllium lowered to half-staff to grant the victims who died successful Kabul.

During the White House briefing, property caput Jen Psaki said flags would beryllium lowered connected Thursday and enactment lowered until sunset connected Aug. 30, “in grant of the victims of the senseless acts of unit successful Kabul."

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi besides ordered the flags beryllium lowered astatine the U.S. Capitol.

"Today, I ordered flags astatine the U.S. Capitol to beryllium flown astatine half-staff successful grant of the U.S. Servicemembers & others killed successful the violent onslaught extracurricular of the Kabul airport," Pelosi said.

This comes aft 13 U.S. work members were killed and 15 much were injured successful a bid of explosions adjacent the Kabul airdrome connected Thursday.

When asked during the briefing if President Joe Biden had spoken to the families of the work members killed successful Afghanistan, Psaki said the president had not reached retired due to the fact that the next-of-kin notification process inactive being underway.

She added that President Biden "will bash everything helium tin to honor" the fallen work members erstwhile asked if he'd question to Dover, Delaware.