Headline RoundupAugust 28th, 2021

US Drone Strike Kills Two ISIS-K Members Following Kabul Airport Bombing

Summary from the AllSides News Team

A U.S. military drone strike killed two “high profile” Islamic State militants and injured another on Friday night in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, according to the Pentagon. The attack was conducted in response to the suicide bombing at the airport in Kabul, which killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 other people. During a Pentagon press conference on Saturday morning, Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor described the targets killed as “facilitators” and “planners.” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the names of the drone strike targets nor their involvement in the attack would be released. It was also stated that the strike killed no civilians. ISIS-K, otherwise known as the Islamic State-Khorasan, previously claimed responsibility for Thursday's suicide bombing. 

The news was prominently covered across the spectrum. Left-rated outlets were more likely to highlight how the Pentagon acknowledged the possibility that some of the people that died during the bombing may have been killed in gunfire by American service members after the explosion. Right- and center-rated outlets were more likely to mention that an ISIS-K commander told CNN's Clarissa Ward that the terrorist group was planning the strike for over two weeks; many on the right also focused on and mourned the fallen Americans soldiers.

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