US drone strike in Afghanistan kills mastermind of Kabul airport attack
KABUL / WASHINGTON: The United States has claimed responsibility for a drone strike in Afghanistan that killed a possible mastermind of the Kabul airport bombings.
According to the foreign news agency, US drones have carried out a drone attack on a moving vehicle in the Afghan province of Nangarhar. The vehicle was carrying two people, one of whom may have been the mastermind of the attack on Kabul airport Was Both were killed in the attack.
Capt. Bill Urban of the US Central Command confirmed the drone strike in Afghanistan. "Preliminary evidence indicates that we killed the target. However, he did not say whether the drone strike was linked to the attack on Kabul Airport."
It should be noted that a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport on August 26 killed 13 American soldiers and more than 70 Afghan civilians. The United States has issued a warning to its citizens to stay away from the gates of Kabul Airport.