US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counter terrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner”, Central Command Spokesman Bill Urban said in a statement on Friday.
Islamic State-Khorasan (ISIS-K) is a splinter group of the self-styled Islamic State who claimed responsibility for Kabul airport attack where at least 13 US troops and 169 Afghan civilians were killed on August 26.
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The Central Command statement added that “initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.”