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“The drone struck in Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. Preliminary data shows that we killed the target,” said Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for the US General Staff.
“We know there were no civilian casualties,” said the report on the first US attack in Afghanistan after the attack on the deadly bombers on Thursday.
The coup, organized from a base on the outskirts of Afghanistan, came as a result of continuous evacuation flights from Kabul airport. The latter take place after Thursday’s attack in conditions of greater security.
At least 78 people, including 13 US troops, have been killed in the death of a bomb and the shooting of a large crowd at a gate at the airport’s Abbey, but some media have reported nearly 200 deaths.
The jihadist group Islamic State in Afghanistan claimed responsibility for the attack.
In the immediate aftermath of the attack, US President Joe Biden promised a response.
“Those who carried out this attack, as well as anyone who wants to harm the United States, know: we will not forgive.” We will not forget. We will find you and make you pay for it, “Biden said Thursday.
John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, said Friday afternoon that IS-K is very likely to try to attack evacuation operations from Kabul again.
“We continue to believe that there are compelling threats … specific, compelling threats,” he emphasized.
