It is  reported that US forces conducted a drone strike against eastern Afghanistan’s Islamic State on Friday, following a bombing at Kabul’s airport, which killed more than 170 people.

President Biden vowed earlier in the day to hunt down the ISIS-K terrorists who claimed responsibility for the attacks.

“The U.S. military conducted an over-the horizon counterterrorism operation against an ISIS K planner today. The Nangarhar Province in Afghanistan was the location of the unmanned airstrike. Initial indications indicate that we killed our target. “We know of no civilian casualties,” Navy Captain. Bill Urban, a US military spokesman, said in a statement.

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