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US military says drone strike killed IS-K planner in the east of the country
The BBC reported, the US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country.
According to the BBC, the suspected member of the IS-K group was targeted in Nangarhar province.
Earlier, IS-K carried out an attack outside Kabul airport on Thursday that may have killed as many as 170 people, including 13 US troops.
The BBC said that President Joe Biden promised on Friday to hunt down the jihadists behind Thursday's suicide bombing.
Mr Biden warned the perpetrators on Friday: "We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay."
It added, the US drone strike is the first reported in Afghanistan since Thursday's blast.
Capt Bill Urban of Central Command said: "The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties."
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He described it as an "over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation".
The BBC mentioned that most of IS-K's several thousand extremists are believed to be in hiding in the province, east of Kabul.
According to BBC's chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet, who is in Kabul, has been told by sources that the US and British troops are "wrapping up" at the airport, and that the Taliban will take over in "a matter of hours".
Source: BBC
