Drone strike targets planner of Afghan terrorist attack

 Washington Examiner:

The U.S. military launched a drone strike against a "planner" from ISIS-K , the terrorist organization that claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing that killed about 170 people near the Hamid Karzai International Airport.

The military conducted “an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner” in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan, Bill Urban, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command, said in a statement.

"Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties," Urban added. He did not say whether the target was involved in planning the airport attack on Thursday.
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U.S. officials are concerned about the possibility of a second attack.

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said there were “specific credible threats” against the U.S. troops during Friday’s briefing while the White House spokesperson described the possibility of an attack as a “likely occurrence.”

“We believe it is their desire to continue those attacks, and we expect those attacks to continue," CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie said during Thursday's Pentagon briefing.
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It is not clear how they know their target was killed.  It is possible the drone uses imaging o survey the damage from the strike.  Earlier reports indicated that well over a hundred members of ISIS-K were released from Bagram when Biden ordered the base to be abandoned.  They should all be targeted. 

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