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The U.S. drone successfully hits a suicide attack vehicle of the Islamic State | UAV hits a bomb car | Islamic suicide bomb | Kabul Airport |

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[VoiceofHopeAugust292021](Comprehensive report by our reporter Zhong Xuan)U.S. officials said that a U.S. drone successfully hit a vehicle carrying multiple Islamic State suicide bombers, which was heading to Kabul Airport. A military official said that the attack on Sunday (August 29) caused a “significant secondary explosion”, indicating the presence of a large amount of explosive material in the vehicle.

According to Newsmax, two senior U.S. officials said that the U.S. believed this was a successful strike and the intended target was hit. This is the second air strike by the United States against the militant group. The organization has stated that it had committed a suicide bombing at the gate of Kabul Airport on Thursday (August 26), and the incident caused 13 American soldiers and more than 100 struggling. The Afghans who wanted to escape Taliban rule died.

Officials, who asked not to be named, said on Sunday that preliminary reports showed that the airstrikes did not cause civilian casualties, but an official said they were evaluating reports of any other collateral damage. It is reported that a house near the airport exploded, but it is not clear whether the two explosions are related.

A video obtained by the Associated Press after the attack showed smoke rising from the building about one kilometer (half a mile) from the airport.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a message to reporters that the target of the attack was the bomber because he was driving a car full of explosives.

When the attack occurred, the United States was ending a historic airlift operation, and tens of thousands of people were evacuating from Kabul International Airport. Since the Taliban took over the Afghan capital, there has been a lot of violence there. After the suicide attack on the Islamic State branch killed more than 180 people, the Taliban stepped up security surveillance around the airport, and the United Kingdom ended its evacuation flight on Saturday.

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American military cargo planes continued to enter the airport on Sunday, withdrawing all personnel before the Tuesday (August 31) deadline set by President Biden earlier to withdraw all troops from the longest war in the United States. However, the Afghans who remain in the country worry that the Taliban will return to their earlier oppressive rule because the rebels recently shot and killed a famous folk singer in the country, which makes them even more worried.

The family of a folk singer living in northern Kabul said the Taliban had killed the singer. The singer Fawad Andarabi was shot dead in the Andarabi Valley of the same name, which is located in the Baghlan province, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Kabul. Since the Taliban took over, turmoil has occurred in the valley, and some areas of the region have been controlled by militia fighters who oppose the Taliban rule. But the Taliban said they later regained these areas, although Panjshir province in the neighboring Hindu Kush Mountains is still the only province out of Afghanistan’s 34 provinces that is not under its control.

Andarabi’s son, Jawad Andarabi, told the Associated Press that the Taliban had come to Andarabi’s home to conduct searches before, and they even had tea with the musician. But things changed on Friday.

His son said: “He is innocent, he is just a singer entertaining people. “They shot him in the head in the farmland.”

His son said he wanted justice, and the local Taliban committee promised to punish the murderer of his father.

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Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told the Associated Press that the insurgents will investigate the incident, but there are no other details about the killing.

Andarabi played a bow-shaped lute and sang songs about his birthplace, his people and the traditions of Afghanistan as a whole. An online video shows that he sang during a performance: “No country in the world can be as proud as my motherland,” he said. “Our beautiful valley, the home of our great-grandparents”.

The UN Special Rapporteur on Cultural Rights, Karima Bennoune, wrote on Twitter that she expressed “serious concern” over the murder of Andarabi. She wrote: “We call on governments to demand that the Taliban respect the human rights of artists.”

Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard also condemned the killing. She wrote on Twitter: “More and more evidence shows that the Taliban in 2021 is the same as the intolerant, violent, and repressive Taliban in 2001. Twenty years have passed, and the Taliban has not changed in this respect. “

On Sunday, private banks across Afghanistan resumed operations. But they limit the withdrawal limit to no more than the equivalent of US$200 per day.

Some people complain that they still cannot get their money, and government employees say they have not been paid in the past four months. Afghanistan’s exchange rate is about 90.5 yuan to 1 U.S. dollar, and it continues to depreciate because the country’s billions of dollars in reserves are still frozen overseas.

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Editor in charge: Ye Xia

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