United States President Joe Biden never considered pushing the August 31 deadline of withdrawing the country’s troops from war-torn Afghanistan as reports of bomb blast in Kabul came through to the White House, according to press secretary Jen Psaki.

Psaki, in a press briefing from the White House on Thursday, said that Biden continues to believe that the United States should stick to the deadline of retracting the armed forces.

Biden’s stance on not pushing the deadline was backed by top military commanders of the United States, who say that it will be the best course of action for the country.

While elaborating on Biden’s decision to not extend the stay of the United States in Afghanistan, Psaki said that “there are several reasons for that.”

She added, “One is the ongoing threats and the second that that we want to be able to have the ability to get individuals out who have been partners of ours after the 31st and they believe the best way to do that is to stay on that timeline at this point in time”, according to reports from CNN.

However, the White House Press Secretary did not comment on the possibility of United States’ mass evacuation flights, which are being aided by allied countries, would end before August 31.

President Joe Biden vowed Thursday to complete the evacuation of American citizens and others from Afghanistan despite the day’s deadly suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport.

He promised to avenge the deaths of 13 US service members killed in the attack, declaring to the extremists responsible: “We will hunt you down and make you pay”, according to reports from Associated Press.

Speaking with emotion from the White House, Biden said the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate was to blame for the attacks that killed the Americans and many more Afghan civilians. He said there was no evidence they colluded with the Taliban, who now control the country.

(With AP inputs)