After the Fidayeen attack on Kabul airport on Thursday, the US had warned that it would take revenge and would find and kill the terrorists.
Two days after the Kabul Airport blast which killed more than a dozen US Marines soldiers, the US has carried out drone strikes on ISIS-Khorasan group bases in Afghanistan. The attack took place in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan and is considered a stronghold of ISIS. Capt. Bill Urban, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of Defense, said the mastermind of the Kabul bombings had been killed in the Nangarhar attack. The United States has asked its citizens to leave Kabul airport immediately, in light of another suspected attack.
After the Fidayeen attack on Kabul airport on Thursday, the US had warned that it would take revenge and would find and kill the terrorists. The Khorasan group of ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on Hamid Karzai International airport. After this, US President Joe Biden had said that the perpetrators of the attack will be given a clear answer at the right time and in the right place. Within 36 hours, the US carried out a drone strike on ISIS-Khorasan group targets last night.
#BREAKING : The US military launched an air strike in the #Afghan province of Nangarhar and destroyed an ISIS terrorist, according to the US Central Command.#ISIS #KabulAttack #Kabulairport #KabulAiport #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/27GELjeeWC
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Threat of another attack at Kabul Airport
However, after the heightened tensions, another terrorist attack is looming over Kabul airport. U.S. President Joe Biden’s national security team has warned that a terrorist attack targeting U.S. troops could be carried out before their scheduled pull out. White House Press Secretary Jane Psaki has said that all possible security arrangements are being made at the airport.
The bombings at Kabul airport killed 170 people, including 13 U.S. soldiers
At least 170 people have been killed in blasts at the airport on Thursday. The attacks killed 13 American soldiers and two British civilians, and injured more than 1,276.
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