The US drone strike in Afghanistan targeted two “planners and facilitators” from the Islamic State’s local affiliate who was travelling in a car near the eastern city of Jalalabad, US official sources said on Saturday.
The strike came two days after Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport, as western forces running the airlift braced for more attacks.
The US president, Joe Biden, has promised to hunt down those responsible, striking in a place and time of his choosing.
In a briefing on Saturday the Pentagon said two “high value targets” were killed in the strike and a third individual injured, but gave no further details. All three casualties are thought to have been travelling together in the vehicle that was hit.
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