US drone strike killed 'ISIS-K planner' in Afghanistan, Pentagon says
White House correspondent Peter Doocy has the latest on Biden's response to the crisis in Afghanistan on'Special Report' The United States military has carried out a drone strike against an alleged ISIS-K "planner" following a suicide bombing in Kabul that killed 13 American soldiers and at least 70 Afghans. "U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner," U.S. Central Command Spokesman Captain Bill Urban told Fox News on Friday. "The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties."
Aug-28-2021, 01:45:27 GMT
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