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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210828 05:47:00

American forces have conducted an air strike against what s described as an isis-k planner in afghanistan. for more, i want to go to cnn s orrin leiberman at the pentagon. what do you know, orrin? reporter: we just got a statement from u.s. central command which governs afghanistan, and this of course after president joe biden vowed he would respond to isis-k and the attack they carried out that killed 13 service members, wounded more than a dozen others as well as killing scores of afghan civilians. that statement is a short one, but it s to the point. i ll read it in full here. u.s. military forces conducted an over the horizon counterterrorism operation today against an isis-k planner. the unmanned air strike occurred in a province of afghanistan. initial indications is that we killed the target. we know of no civilian casualties. biden had promised there was some information about isis-k and the planning and carrying out of the attack. and here the military says they have found t ....

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210828 02:00:00

Strike against isis-k and isis-k planner. central command spokesman captain bill urban says u.s. military forces conducted an over the horizon counterterrorism operation today against an isis-k planner. the unmanned air strike occurred in afghanistan initial indications are that we killed the target. we know of no civilian casualties and again, that is a quote. that as we have more breaking news tonight on a new threat in afghanistan. the u.s. embassy in kabul just now again warning u.s. sitcitiz at a number of gates at that airport to leave immediately siting security threats. the alert advising u.s. citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and avoid airport gates. that is hours after the president joe biden was warned by his national security team another attack in kabul is likely, not just possible, but ....

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Transcripts for CNN Don Lemon Tonight 20210828 02:04:00

Coalition flights down from 7500 yesterday and an afghan family among those arriving at dulles airport today. alex, breaking just hoemoments , the u.s. conducted an air strike against isis-k. what do you know? those tough wording vowing retaliation and appears to have happened at least the first wave of it. we re hearing from the area of command that covers afghanistan. they re saying they have carried out an over the horizon counterterrorism operation. that means it came from outside the country. they also say it was an unmanned strike meaning it was carried out by a drone and the target was an isis-k planner, not your low level grunt or any sort of facility they were targeting. ....

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