Embassy in Kabul issued a fresh warning urging Americans waiting at airport gates to “leave immediately” because of security threats. military strike announced on Friday evening came around the same time the U.S. New State Department warning for Americans at Kabul airport The White House referred to the Department of Defense for comment. Mark Quantock, said late Friday that more attacks on ISIS-K leaders are likely if the military can "lock in the targets." The former military intelligence chief for Central Command, retired Maj. Those unmanned planes are also armed with Hellfire missiles that can blast targets. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of Central Command, said the military has been operating MQ-9 Reaper drones in Kabul for surveillance. Urban's reference to an unmanned airstrike indicates that the attack was conducted by a drone. ISIS-K leadership generally operates in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces in Afghanistan. official who was not authorized to speak publicly about the attack. The planner, who military officials believe was involved in planning future attacks, was killed while traveling in a vehicle with an associate, according to a U.S. Initial indications are that we killed the target. "The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan. Bill Urban, a Central Command spokesman, said in a statement. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner," Navy Capt. How it happened: Satellite images, graphics, and maps show how fatal airport, hotel explosions ripped through Kabul US military strike targets ISIS-K plannerĪ military strike Friday targeted an ISIS-K planner in a drone attack, the first American attack on the terrorist group following Thursday's bomb attack in Kabul, the Pentagon announced.
Evacuations of Americans and their allies restarted, an effort to get out as many civilians ahead of the military's withdrawal, just four days away.
"We will hunt you down and make you pay," he said hours after Thursday's bombing at the Kabul airport.ĭetails also began emerging on the 13 service members killed in Thursday's bombing near Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport, at least some of whom were only babies and toddlers on September 11, 2001. President Joe Biden has vowed retaliation against ISIS-K. troops and civilians fleeing Afghanistan after Thursday's devastating Kabul airport attack, which killed 13 American service members and at least 169 Afghan civilians. Just before the Pentagon announced the strike, the State Department issued a fresh alert, telling Americans at four Kabul airport gates to "leave immediately."Įarlier Friday, the Pentagon warned that specific, credible terrorist threats from ISIS-K to U.S. military launched a drone strike against ISIS-K in retaliation for the deadly bombing at the Kabul airport, the Pentagon said Friday. Watch Video: Afghanistan: Biden told another Kabul attack is 'likely'
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