What has happened?
After Bomb blast on Kabul airport in Afghanistan. The US on Friday launched a drone strike against a ‘planner' of Islamic State attack.
Acting swiftly on President Biden's promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at the Kabul airport, the U.S military said it used a drone strike to kill a member of Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate Saturday.
The strike came amid what the White House called indications that the group planned to strike again as the U.S.- led evacuation from Kabul airport moved into its final days.
Biden has set Tuesday as his deadline for completing the exit from the Afghanistan.
Biden authorized the drone strike and it was ordered by Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III, a defensed official said , speaking on condition of anonymity to provide details not yet publicly announced.
The airstrike was launched from beyond Afghanistan less than 48 hours after the devastating Kabul attack that killed 13 Americans and scores of Afghans with just days lest in a final U.S withdrawal after 20 years of war. Most probably from Middle east drone attack would be executed.
U.S Central command provided few details; it said it believed its strike killed no civilians.
What it all means?
The speed with which the U.S military retaliated reflected its close monitoring of Islamic State and years of experience in targeting extremists in remote parts of the world .
But it also shows the limits of U.S power to eliminate extremist threats, which some believe will have more freedom of movement in Afghanistan now that the Taliban is in power.
What about another attack?
The president was warned Friday to expect another lethal attack in the closing days of frantic U.S- led evacuation.
"They advised the president and vice president that another terror attack in Kabul is likely, but that hey are taking maximum force protection measures at the Kabul airport."
Late Friday, the State Department again urged Americans to stay away from airport gates, including " The New Ministry of Interior gate.
Update of Kabul airport bombings?
Few new details about the airport attack emerged a day later, but the Pentagon corrected its initial report that there had been
suicide bombings at two locations.
It said there was just on - at or near the Abbey Gate
The initial report of a second bombing at the nearby Baron Hotel proved to be false. said Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor of the Pentagon's Joint staff; he attributed the mistake to initial confusion.
Based on a preliminary assessments, U.S. officials believe the suicide vest used in the attack , which killed at least 169 Afghans in addition to the 13 Americans, carried about 25 pound of explosives and was loaded with shrapnel, a U.S official said Friday.
A suicide bomb typically carries five to 10 pounds of explosives, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss preliminary assessments of the bombing.
Will the U.S able to contain the future threat?
Biden still faces the problem over the longer term of containing an array of potential extremist threats based in Afghanistan, which will be harder with fewer U.S intelligence assets and no military presence in the nation.
Emily Harding, a former CIA analyst and deputy staff director for the Senate Intelligence Committee, said she doubted Biden's assurances that the United States will be able to monitor and strike terrorist the rests from beyond Afghanistan's borders.
The white House said that as Friday morning, about 12,500 people had been airlifted from Kabul in the last 24 hours on U.S. and coalition aircraft; in the 12 hours that followed, another 4,200 people were evacuated.
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