Pentagon stated that the United States conducted a special operation against the militant “Islamic state” (IG, prohibited in Russia). This is reported by TASS.
According to the preliminary data of the American ministry, the IG member was liquidated.
Earlier it was reported that the US President Joe Biden gave the US Army “all the necessary freedom of action” for operations against the “Islamic State” in Afghanistan. At a meeting with the head of state, the security forces also informed the President and Vice-President Kamal Harris that a new attack would be made in Kabul, however, the maximum measures were taken to protect the airport.
“We will not forgive this, we will not forget it. We will find you and destroying. You pay for everything. Our people and our security are the main priority of my team,” the American leader said, commenting on the involvement of IG to terrorist attacks in Kabulsky Airport.
A series of explosions occurred near the Kabul airport on August 26. As a result of the terrorist attack, about 200 people were killed, including two British and 13 American servicemen. There are no such one-time losses in Afghanistan from 2011.