The United States has carried out a drone strike on a location in Afghanistan in response to the Kabul suicide bombings, the US Central Command said, adding that a member of ISIS Khorasan was killed in the attack in Nangarhar.
In this regard, US officials have said that the drone strike in Afghanistan targeted the ‘planner’ of ISIS, the killed member of ISIS and was involved in planning attacks on the United States.
“Preliminary evidence indicates that we killed the target,” Capt. Bill Urban of the U.S. Central Command said after the drone strike. However, it was not stated that the target was involved in the attacks on Kabul Airport.
According to Reuters, a US official said on condition of anonymity that the drone strike was carried out on an ISIS militant who was planning future attacks.
According to the official, the drone flying from the Middle East hit the ISIS militant while he was in a car with his friend. “Both are believed to be dead.”
It should be noted that President Biden had said on Thursday that those responsible for the Kabul bombings would be found and brought to justice. He ordered the Pentagon to eliminate the masterminds of the attack.
A suicide bomber killed 13 American soldiers and more than 70 Afghan civilians at Kabul airport.
On the other hand, the United States has issued a warning to its citizens to stay away from the gates of Kabul Airport.
Warning of new attacks in the Kabul Airport area on Saturday, authorities have asked U.S. citizens to move away from the airport’s main gate immediately.
According to US officials, 5,000 people are still waiting to leave Afghanistan via Kabul Airport. The August 31 deadline for the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is set.