Tag: Airstrike

Here’s what you need to know:Ruhullah, 16, mourned as family and friends of his father, Hussein, a victim of the suicide attack near Kabul’s airport, buried him in the hills outside the Afghan capital on Friday.Credit...Victor J. Blue for The New York TimesU.S. military officials say they have killed ...

WASHINGTON — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group’s eastern stronghold. –==as the U.S.-led evacuation from Kabul ...

Washington,:  The US military has said that it carried out a drone strike in Afghanistan, killing an Islamic State “planner”, a day after President Joe Biden promised to retaliate for the twin blasts at the Kabul airport that killed 169 Afghans and 13 American soldiers. The Islamic State’s Afghanistan ...

America struck back against ISIS-K in Afghanistan in retaliation to Thursday's attack on Kabul airport. Captain Bill Urban, spokesman for US Central Command, said: "US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner."The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan."Initial indications are that ...

KABUL: The United States has carried out air strikes to support Afghan government forces who have been under pressure from the Taliban as US-led foreign forces carry out the final stages of their withdrawal from the country. Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby told reporters on Thursday the air strikes were ...

Washington:  The U.S. military will remain involved in the Afghanistan war into September, keeping the option of launching airstrikes against the Taliban to defend Afghan forces, U.S. officials said Thursday, even as the final combat troops prepare to leave the country in coming days. For weeks, officials have said ...

Kabul: In an airstrike by Afghan Air Force (AAF) on Monday (May 17) at least 19 Taliban terrorists, including four key members and three Pakistani nationals, were killed in Faryab province. Afghan military`s 209th Shaheen Corps confirmed the news on Tuesday (May 18). According to their statement, the Taliban ...

    Gaza City: An Israeli air raid in Gaza City killed at least 10 Palestinians, mostly children, early Saturday in the deadliest single strike since the battle with Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers erupted earlier this week. Both sides pressed for an advantage as cease-fire efforts gathered strength. The ...

ISLAMABAD - The United States said Monday it had conducted an airstrike in central Afghanistan, killing at least five Taliban insurgents. A military spokesman explained in a tweet the overnight action in Nerkh district in Wardak province was taken to defend Afghan security forces in line with a February deal ...