this American armies It was confirmed that it carried out a drone attack on Sunday, successfully destroying a vehicle that appeared to contain explosives and heading to Kabul International Airport.
Captain Bill Urban, a spokesman for the US Central Command, confirmed the airstrike in an e-mail statement. Weekly newspaper.
“The U.S. military today carried out a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon air strike on a car in Kabul, eliminating the imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International Airport,” Urban said.
A military spokesperson explained: “We believe we successfully hit the target. The major secondary explosion of the vehicle indicated the presence of a large amount of explosives.”
“We are assessing the possibility of civilian casualties, although we currently have no signs. We remain vigilant for potential future threats.”
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The airstrike was carried out after the U.S. military said on Saturday that it wiped out two important members of the radical extremist group ISIS-K in a drone strike. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack on the Kabul Airport on Thursday, which killed more than 170 people, including 13 American soldiers.
After the attack on Thursday, the president Joe Biden Vowed to retaliate against this militant group that opposes the United States and the United States Taliban.
Biden said in a speech: “For those who launched this attack, and anyone who wants the United States to be harmed, know: We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay the price.”
In the interview Fox News Sunday, Biden’s National Security Advisor Jack Sullivan Asserts that despite the United States withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, the government still plans to continue targeting ISIS-K.
Sullivan said the president “will ensure that we hold people accountable, and we will continue to put pressure on the responsible groups and continue to move targets out of the battlefield.”
