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The U.S. military says a car bomb had exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting center at Kisak, west of Baghdad, killing at least 40 people. The Associated Press reported that Biden confirmed the attack, a day after promising the United States would respond to the attack.


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In response to the Kabul attack: US eliminates ISIS operative via UAV in eastern Afghanistan

The U.S. military says a car bomb had exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting center at Kisak, west of Baghdad, killing at least 40 people.

The Associated Press reported that Biden confirmed the attack, a day after promising the United States would respond to the attack.

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The United States has killed an Islamic State (ISIS) operative last night by attacking a UAV in Nangarhar province in eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said. Including 13 American soldiers.



"Preliminary indications are that we killed the target.

"We do not know of any civilian casualties," the U.S. military said in a statement



. He was killed while in the vehicle, along with another person associated with the Islamic State organization, the source said.



The Associated Press reported that US President Joe Biden had approved the attack through the UAV, and that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin had approved it, according to a military source.

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US Army soldiers in Kabul, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

In a statement issued last night from the White House, Biden said he had instructed the Pentagon to attack the local terrorist organization.

"We will not be forgiven. We will not be forgotten. We will hunt you down and make you pay," he said.



General Frank McKenzie, commander of the United States Central Command, said U.S. forces had warnings of further ISIS attacks, including rockets or other bombs the organization could launch at Kabul airport.

He promised that the United States would respond to the attack in Kabul. Biden in the White House, yesterday (Photo: Reuters)

According to medical sources in Afghanistan, the death toll from a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport in Afghanistan has risen to at least 170.

In addition, 13 American soldiers were killed in the attack and 200 people were wounded.

Among those killed were at least 28 Taliban fighters.

Also, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raeb updated that two British citizens and a child of a British citizen were killed in the attack.



The two blasts and shootings - for which an Islamic State (ISIS) branch, ISIS-K, claimed responsibility - have shaken the region, while many civilians are seeking to leave the country occupied by the Taliban.

Prior to the attack, the United States warned its citizens not to enter the area due to warnings of possible terrorist incidents.

Now, in the United States, it is estimated that further explosions may follow.

Despite the attack, masses are still flocking to the site.



ISIS-K is mainly active on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and according to the Center for Combating Terrorism in the West Point, it includes, in addition to Afghans, mainly Pakistanis and Uzbeks.

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