U.S. Strikes Back at Terrorist Group Tied to Kabul Bombing

The Pentagon says 2 high-profile ISIS targets were killed and one was wounded in a retaliation drone strike carried out by U.S. forces following Thursday’s bombing at Kabul’s main airport.

U.S. forces on Friday carried out a strike in Afghanistan against the terrorist organization believed responsible for the devastating bombing that killed at least 88 people near the Kabul airport a day earlier.

“U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner,” said Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command. He added that the unmanned assault took place in Afghanistan’s Nangahar Province, east of Kabul.

The person was suspected of being involved in plotting future attacks, but had no direct link to Thursday’s assault in Kabul, according to a U.S. official.

The official, who was granted anonymity to discuss the operation, said the target was killed by a Reaper drone while traveling in a vehicle.

“Initial indications are that we killed the target,” Urban said in a statement. “We know of no civilian casualties.”