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28 Aug, 5 tweets, 4 min read
The US has announced that it carried out a drone attack in eastern Afghanistan against a “planner” of an ISIL-affiliated group, a day after an attack outside Kabul’s airport that killed at least 175 people and 13 US troops. 1/5

#ISIS #DroneStrike #US #KabulAirportBlasts #DY365
“The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target,” Captain Bill Urban of the US Central Command said in a statement. 2/5
“We know of no civilian casualties,” he added in a statement announcing the first reported US raid since the attack. 3/5
According to s Reuters report, a Reaper drone took off from an unnamed base in the Middle East and hit the target while he was in a car with another associate. Both are believed to have been killed, the official, who asked not to be named, was quoted as saying. 4/5
Thursday’s attack was claimed by ISIL (ISIS) offshoot in Afghanistan – the Islamic State in Khorasan Province, ISKP (also known as ISIS-K). 5/5

#ISISKPlanner #ISIS #DroneStrike #US #KabulAirportBlasts #Afghanistan #DY365

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