Details of secret missile US used to target ISIS-K in Afghanistan

The Pentagon used a special Hellfire missile that packs no explosives to strike ISIS-K in Afghanistan on Saturday in retaliation for a suicide bomb at the Kabul airport last week.

At around 6 pm local time, on 26th August, an explosion ripped through Abbey Gate at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul. The suicide attack killed more than 180 people and left many more injured. Among the dead were 13 US soldiers. Hours later, President Joe Biden of the United States addressed his nation saying, “We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay”. He told the American public that “We will respond with force and precision at our time, at the place we choose and the moment of our choosing.” On August 27th, the US Military Central Command issued a statement saying, “US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner. The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.”