US has lunch an air strike on Afghanistan ISIS stronghold that kills man believed to be mastermind behind Kabul airport bombing that left 13 US troops and 170 Afghans dead
The Pentagon has launched a drone strike in the Islamic State's stronghold in eastern Afghanistan, killing a man believed to be involved in planning Thursday's Kabul airport bombing.
The drone hit an ISIS-K member in Nangahar province, U.S. Central Command said
U.S. official told Reuters the strike was approved by President Joe Biden
The retaliation came less than 48 hours after a devastating suicide bombing claimed by the group killed as many as 170 Afghans and 13 American service members at the Kabul airport.. .
The strike killed one individual, and spokesman Navy Capt. William Urban said they knew of no civilian casualties.
US military 'conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner,' Urban said.
'The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties
It wasn't clear if that individual was involved specifically in the Thursday suicide blast outside the gates of the Kabul airport, where crowds of Afghans were desperately trying to get in as part of the ongoing evacuation from the country after the Taliban's rapid takeover
