{"id":67750,"date":"2021-08-28T03:18:03","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T03:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/28\/isis-k-planner-killed-in-drone-strike-centcom-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:33:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:33:46","slug":"isis-k-planner-killed-in-drone-strike-centcom-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/flashpoints\/2021\/08\/28\/isis-k-planner-killed-in-drone-strike-centcom-says\/","title":{"rendered":"ISIS-K \u2018planner\u2019 killed in drone strike, CENTCOM says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The moment of the choosing was Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A day after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/afghanistan\/2021\/08\/27\/after-kabul-attack-evacuations-resume-and-troops-prepare-to-fully-withdraw\/\" target=\"_blank\">13 U.S. service members were killed in the bloodiest single day for Americans since 2011,<\/a> the U.S. carried out a drone strike, taking out a planner for the group claiming responsibility, according to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday afternoon, President Joe Biden, heavily criticized for the deadly chaos in Kabul, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/newsletters\/breaking-news-alert\/2021\/08\/26\/biden-vows-payback-for-deadly-attacks-on-us-troops-but-will-keep-aug-31-afghanistan-withdrawal-plan\/\" target=\"_blank\">vowed payback<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve ordered my commanders to develop operational plans to strike ISIS-K assets, leadership and facilities,\u201d Biden said in a White House address. \u201cWe will respond with force and precision at our time, at the place we choose, in a moment of our choosing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The weapon of choice was a drone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cU.S. military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counterterrorism operation today against an ISIS-K planner,\u201d said Navy Capt. Bill Urban, the CENTCOM spokesman, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangahar Province of Afghanistan,\u201d Urban said. \u201cInitial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/08\/26\/explosion-outside-kabul-airport-casualties-unknown\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AfghanISISAttack1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">US troop death toll now at 13, with 18 wounded, in HKIA attack: CENTCOM<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Pentagon spokesman confirmed the event on Thursday via tweet.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urban did not immediately respond to a question about who that planner was or the connection to Thursday\u2019s deadly attack that killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/08\/27\/11-marines-killed-in-thursday-attack-in-afghanistan-marine-corps-confirms\/\" target=\"_blank\">11 Marines<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/08\/27\/family-releases-statement-about-navy-corpsman-killed-trying-to-help-evacuees-in-afghanistan\/\" target=\"_blank\">sailor<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2021\/08\/27\/one-soldier-died-in-kabul-attack-army-leaders-confirm-in-heart-broken-message\/\" target=\"_blank\">soldier<\/a> and more than 170 Afghans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another 18 U.S. service members were wounded in that attack, officials say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nangarhar province, along the Pakistan border, has been an ISIS-K stronghold beginning in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much has been made of the Pentagon\u2019s cooperative efforts over the last two weeks with a longtime foe in a protracted conflict that cost more than 2,400 U.S. troop deaths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friday, Maj. Gen. Hank Taylor told reporters that force protection efforts in the wake of the deadly attack includes \u201ccommunication with the Taliban, in terms of how they are executing their checkpoint operations and communication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the U.S. and Taliban fighting ISIS-K at the same time is nothing new.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4898\" height=\"3265\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg 4898w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6806481.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4898px) 100vw, 4898px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Soliders with the 82nd Airborne Division check evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 25. U.S. service members are assisting the Department of State with a non-combatant evacuation operation (NEO) in Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla)\u2003<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thanks to U.S. and Afghan airstrikes, combined with Taliban ground operations, ISIS-K <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2020\/02\/27\/isis-loses-more-than-half-its-fighters-from-us-airstrikes-and-taliban-ground-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\">lost more than half its fighters<\/a>, according a February 2020 Pentagon inspector general report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials with U.S. Forces Afghanistan at the time said it was hard to estimate the number of remaining ISIS fighters in the country. However, in September 2019, the terrorist group was capable of fielding between 2,000 and 5,000 fighters, the IG report detailed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ISIS-K lost its home turf in Nangarhar Province in November, forcing 300 of the jihadi fighters to surrender to Afghan forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the terrorist group continued to limp on despite intense military pressure against it between September 2019 and February 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials acknowledged ISIS\u2019 collapse in Nangarhar was also a result of sustained ground operations carried out by America\u2019s long-time foe in Afghanistan, the Taliban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Afghanistan.jpg_b05b3e.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-78371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Afghanistan.jpg_b05b3e.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Afghanistan.jpg_b05b3e.jpg?resize=300,157 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Afghanistan.jpg_b05b3e.jpg?resize=768,402 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Afghanistan.jpg_b05b3e.jpg?resize=1024,536 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In this image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps,  evacuees wait to board a Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. (Sgt. Isaiah Campbell\/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFollowing months of sustained pressure from both the United States and the Taliban, ISIS-K militants in Nangarhar surrendered en masse,\u201d the IG report details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That was after then-President Donald Trump dropped the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/04\/20\/pentagon-chief-us-won-t-reveal-mother-of-all-bombs-toll\/\" target=\"_blank\">mother of all bombs<\/a>\u201d on an ISIS-K tunnel complex in April 2017. The strike killed about 90 ISIS-K militants, the Associated Press reported at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was the first combat use of a bomb officially called a GBU-43B, or Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb. The 11-ton bomb wiped an ISIS defensive position, U.S. military officials said at the time. Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai called the use of the weapon \u201can immense atrocity against the Afghan people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In November 2019, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said ISIS had been \u201cobliterated\u201d in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump touted the success of operations against the Islamic extremist group during a 2019 Thanksgiving Day surprise visit to American troops at Bagram Airfield. There, he detailed how U.S. forces were \u201cwiping\u201d out ISIS militants \u201cleft and right.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they never were wiped out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to UN figures, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/27\/asia\/isis-k-explainer-afghanistan-kabul-attacks-cmd-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">ISIS-K launched 77 attacks<\/a> in the first four months of this year, according to CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The group was especially deadly to civilians in Afghanistan, including several suicide bombings in the capital, Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And they are suspects in car bombing attack outside <a href=\"https:\/\/cnn.com\/2021\/05\/09\/asia\/afghanistan-girls-school-attack-intl-hnk\/index.html\">a girls\u2019 high school<\/a> in May, that took at least 85 lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thursday in Kabul, they came at a withdrawing 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