Two 'high-profile ISIS targets' killed in US airstrike in Afghanistan: Pentagon

Pentagon on Saturday informed that two highprofile ISIS targets were killed during an airstrike in Afghanistan on FridayI can confirm as more information has come in that two highprofile ISIS targets were killed and one was wounded And we know of zero civilian casualties said US Maj Gen Hank Taylor deputy director of the Joint Staff For Regional OperationsWithout specifying any future plans I will say that we will continue to have the ability to defend ourselves and to leverage over the horizon capability to conduct counterterrorism operations as needed Taylor said during a presserSpeaking at the same briefing Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said threats to the airport in Kabul are still very real and very dynamicWe are monitoring them literally in realtime said Kirby Were taking all the means necessary to make sure we remain focused on that threat stream and doing what we can for force protectionAccording to US media reports the ISISKhorasan planner of the Kabul blast who was targeted in the US drone strike was found in a compound in the Jalalabad areaAlso read 13 US service members killed 18 injured in ISIS attack in Kabul PentagonAccording to CNN the individual who was targeted was known to the US but new intelligence following the Kabul attack was firmed up to give justification to target himThe source said surveillance continued on the compound until the targets wife and children left and then the US conducted the targeted drone strike the report said citing a US defence officialAn ISISKhorasan planner was killed in a counterterrorism operation conducted by US military forces in the Nangahar province a day after a terror attack in Kabul killed hundreds of people including 13 US troopsIn a statement US Central Command said US forces conducted the overthehorizon operation on Friday targeting the ISISK planner and the initial indication was that they killed the targetUS military forces conducted an over the horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISISK planner the unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahat province of Afghanistan The initial indication is that we killed the target Navy Capt Bill Urban saidOn Thursday a suicide bomber and multiple ISISK gunmen killed 13 US service members and at least 169 Afghan civilians in the attack at the Kabul airportISKP on Thursday claimed responsibility for the blast US President on Thursday vowed to retaliate for a terrorists attack saying We will not forgive We will not forget We will hunt you down and make you payltpThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever