[NTDNewsAugust292021Beijingtime]The Pentagon confirmed on August 28 that the U.S. military dispatched drones to kill two leaders of the terrorist organization ISIS-K, and another person was injured. ISIS terrorists recently launched a terrorist attack at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan, resulting in hundreds of deaths. The United States has vowed to fight back.
Hank, deputy director of the Pentagon Regional Operations Joint Staff. Major General Hank Taylor said at a press conference on the 28th, “I can confirm that as more information emerges, two high-level ISIS targets (persons) were shot and one was injured. We know that there are no civilian casualties.” US military Fang initially stated that the air attack killed an ISIS leader.The Pentagon confirms that the U.S. drone beheaded 2 IS leaders
“Without revealing any future plans in detail, I will say that we will continue to have the ability to protect ourselves and use our beyond-the-horizon capabilities to perform counter-terrorism operations as needed.” Major General Taylor said.
Pentagon spokesperson John. John Kirby confirmed that all the targets were hit in an attack. They were “the planners and facilitators of ISIS-K. That alone constitutes a sufficient reason. Two of those people no longer It’s a good thing to be able to walk on the earth.”
On August 26, ISIS-K launched a suicide terrorist attack outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, killing 169 Afghans and 13 American soldiers.
On the same day, US President Biden warned ISIS terrorists at the White House, “We will hunt you down and make you pay the price.”
He said that the Pentagon has been instructed to formulate a plan to strike ISIS facilities and personnel, “We will respond with force and precision (attack) at a predetermined time and at a predetermined location.”
The drone attack took place in Nangahar province in eastern Afghanistan. A US defense official told CNN earlier on the 28th that one of the targets is believed to be still planning a future attack on the airport.
The official said that the United States found his location and launched a precision strike.
A defense official told CNN that Biden approved the attack on ISIS-K targets, and the US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin issued an airstrike order.
The source said that the U.S. military waited until the target’s wife and children had left before carrying out targeted drone attacks.
The Pentagon will not release the names of the killed ISIS-K leaders. Spokesperson Kirby said, “I will not talk about the specific capabilities ISIS may lose in this attack.”
But he emphasized that fighting ISIS is a good thing for the Afghans, and it is also a good thing for the US military at the Kabul airport.
(Reporter Luo Tingting Comprehensive Report / Chief Editor: Wen Hui)
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