Drone strike in Kabul successfully eliminated threat to airport: US

Kabul: US says its drone strike in Kabul yesterday was successful in eliminating an imminent threat to the airport, where evacuations are winding down. Capt Bill Urban of US Central Command said, he is confident that the target, a vehicle carrying at least one person associated with IS-K and a substantial amount of explosive material, was



destroyed.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has said they will continue to carry out strikes in Afghanistan, after an attack at Kabul airport killed about 170 people. ISIS-K or IS-K is the Afghanistan branch of the Islamic State jihadist group, which claimed the Kabul airport attack.