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Military Times | US drone strike takes out ISIS-K suicide vehicle in Kabul: CENTCOM
The U.S. military launched a drone strike against ISIS-K in Kabul, based on concerns of an attack against Hamid Karzai International Airport, according to U.S Central Command.
"U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport," Navy Capt. Bill Urban, the Centcom spokesman, said in a statement Sunday morning.
NPR | What we know about the 13 U.S. service members killed in the Kabul attack
The U.S. Department of Defense on Saturday released the names of the 13 service members killed in Thursday's attack at the airport in Kabul. The attack marked one of the deadliest days for American forces in the past decade of the 20-year war in Afghanistan — and took place just days ahead of the U.S.'s planned full withdrawal from the country that was overtaken on Aug. 15 by the Taliban. |
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