Two high profile Islamic State group targets were killed and one was wounded when U.S. military forces conducted a drone strike on Friday in Afghanistan, the Pentagon says. 'We know of zero civilian casualties,' Army Maj. Gen. William Taylor says.
hours earlier that killed 13 U.S. service members and more than 100 Afghan civilians.
The unnamed ISIS-K planner was riding in a vehicle with one associate at the time of the strike, was driving in an isolated area. The defense officials said the strike was carried out by an MQ-9 Reaper drone and munitions that were selected for precision and in order to minimize any civilian casualties.The Taliban also arrested a number of individuals in connection with the Kabul airport attack, a spokesman for the militant group said Saturday.
Biden said earlier this week he had asked the Pentagon and the State Department for contingency plans if Afghanistan evacuations are not complete by the deadline.
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