AN AIR strike using a General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper unmanned air vehicle was carried out by the US military on August 28, targeting ISIS-K militants in Afghanistan. The strike took place in Nangarhar Province to the east of Kandahar, killing two high-profile individuals who were known to be responsible for planning and facilitating terrorist activities within the organisation. A third ISIS-K member was wounded in the attack. The mission was partly in retaliation for the suicide bomb attack at Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26, in which 13 US troops and more than 110 Afghan civilians were killed and a further 100 injured. During a Pentagon briefing on August 28, US Army Maj Gen William D 'Hank' Taylor, deputy director of the Joint Staff for Regional Operations, said "we know of zero civilian casualties" as a result of the air strike.
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