The US has conducted a drone airstrike on terror group ISIS-K planner in eastern Afghanistan, a day after President Joe Biden vowed to retaliate following bomb blasts in Kabul on Thursday that left over 100 dead.
In a statement issued, U.S. Central Command spokesman Capt. Bill Urban said: “U.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner.”
“The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” he said.
A series of terrorist attacks, led by the Islamic State, in the Afghan capital of Kabul left over 100 people dead on Thursday.
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The Wall Street Journal reported that at least 103 people – 90 Afghan civilians and 13 US servicemen – have been killed in the attacks.
As many as 1,338 people have been injured by the terrorist attacks, a source in the Afghan Ministry of Health told Sputnik Friday.
