The drone strike targeted an alleged ISIS-K member in Eastern Afghanistan
Backpacks and belongings of Afghan people who were waiting to be evacuated are seen on Friday at the site of Thursday’s suicide attack outside Kabul’s airport. Photo: Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images A U.S. drone strike targeted an ISIS-K “planner” in Afghanistan, one day after a suicide bombing claimed by the militant group killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghan civilians outside Kabul’s airport. A U.S.
The Associated Press reports that Biden authorized the airstrike, which was launched from outside Afghanistan, but that it remains unclear if the person who the U.S. targeted was directly involved in the bombing.
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