US Airstrike Kills 2 ISIS-K Members in Afghanistan
Posted on AllSides August 28th, 2021
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Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden's promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill two members of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate and injured one.
Initital reports indicated only one ISIS-K member had been killed, but Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor gave updated information at a Saturday morning Pentagon press conference.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby described the dead as "ISIS-K planners and facilitators," but would not confirm they were involved in the suicide bomibing.
The strike Saturday local time...
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