RAPID JUSTICE U.S. Drone Strike Kills Two Top ISIS-K Operatives After Kabul Bombing
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The U.S. launched a drone strike against the Islamic State in Afghanistan early Saturday, two days after President Joe Biden vowed revenge for a suicide bombing that killed 13 American troops and as the deadline for complete evacuation loomed.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Saturday morning that the strike killed two “high-profile” members of Islamic State in Khorasan Province, or ISIS-K, an Afghan offshoot of Islamic State. A third person was wounded.
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Navy Capt. William Urban, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, earlier said there were no known civilian casualties.
The move is in at least partial retaliation for a suicide bombing outside Kabul Airport that killed thirteen US servicemen and, per multiple reports, over one hundred civilians.
Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said that the remains of the 13 US service members killed in Afghanistan are en route to the United States but said he was “not at liberty” to provide precise arrival information.
Some context: President Biden vowed to retaliate for a terrorist attack Thursday that killed the service members and at least 170 others outside Kabul’s international airport.
ISIS in Khorasan, known as ISIS-K, has claimed that an ISIS militant carried out Thursday’s suicide attack at an airport gate, but provided no evidence to support the claim. US officials have said the group was likely behind the bombing.
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