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US claims IS-K planner killed in drone strike, 2 'high profile targetted'

Force, former pilot. he knows a thing or two about killing taliban and isis. im told this is a u.s. reaper drone that flew from the united arab emirates. you flay around into the arabian sea over pakistan. an isis planner thought to be carried out future attacks against american troops before they leave august 31, the isis planner is dead. >> pete: a bit of a reminder of the reach. were getting alerting from the state department to suzette -- u.s. citizens to avoid the gates of the airport. >> y...

This isis planner. not necessarily and isis leader but isis planner in retaliation for deadly suicide attack that killed 13 american servicemembers yesterday and wounded another 20, the dignified transfer to dover air force base, we expect that tomorrow and also expecting president biden to attend that ceremony when 13 americans return. on also told president biden approved this strike. the suicide attack, he said he would carry out revenge, kill those responsible. the big question was with 5000...

We welcome correspondent lucas tomlinson. he joins us from the pentagon. >> good morning. the intelligence community thinks this isis planner was plotting another attack on u.s. forces the kabul airport days before president bidens august 31st deadline. i am told a u.s. reaper drone launched from the united arab emirates flew to afghanistan, over unknown isis hotbed. the same place where president trump dropped the mother of all bombs against isis. its the same province where navy seals launched...

Says another attack in kabul likely. meanwhile, nato ally after nato ally is wrapping up their own evacuation efforts ahead of the u.s. youre looking at the last italian military flight out of kabul. it left the airport friday evening carrying 48 afghans. cnn national security editor nick paton walsh joins me now from doha, qatar, lets start, nick, with that strike. what more can you tell us? >> reporter: a limit statement from afghanistan and middle east as well, saying there was an unmanned dr...

Platoon." congressman banks, your reaction to the killing of this isis planner. >> this is a good start. it would be naive to believe this is going to stop more attacks from isis. weve been briefed now for a few years about the growing threat of isis-k in afghanistan. we knew they were there. we knew they were building up in kabul after the trump administration pushed the call fair out of syria and iraq. we knew they were there and waiting for a moment like this and a president like joe biden fo...

Marine, expecting a baby in just a few weeks. lance corporal, and corpal lopez from southern california. and a marine from missouri. more than 150 afghans were killed. and kabuls main hospital, a butchers bill was poifted and -- posted outside. >> muhammad said he was playing a game when the bomb knocked him unconscious. >> the pentagon tonight revealed a zone strike has been carried out against the suspected isis planner. following the latest developments, courtney, what do we know about how th...

Neil: all right. you have to the the terror threat and that is affecting how many can leave the country right now. pentagon briefing coming very shortly, this on word that we are now down to fewer than 4,000 u.s. troops at the kabul airport as we speak and so thats from close to 6,000 at our height as this evacuation process began. it seems to be trimming the size of the personnel there by about 500 a day, if my math and timing on this is right. we are also learning a little bit more about that ...

Discarded in seven months of joe biden. its a tragedy. >> thats the scary part. i dont know if its a perfect analogy. the idea that if youre watching, thinking back on an northbound finals, a seven-game series, sometimes the only thing you remember is the last shot in the last 30 second. there was so much more that went into it the entire time and much of it has been discarded. sean parnell, representative jim banks, thanks nor being so generous with your time. thank you. all right. i want to br...

0 for the allies being targeted in afghanistan and a safe withdrawal of everybody. leave nobody behind. my heart is troubled in that heart. let not your heart be troubled, laura ingraham is up next. have a great weekend. pray for our family in afghanistan. >> im pete hegseth in for laura ingraham. we start with a fox news alert. we learned a drone strike killed an isis-k planner that was believed to be carrying out future attacks according to the pentagon. also tonight, the state department warn...