The two ISIS-K agents fatally exploded in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Friday while riding a motorcycle at the time of the attack, according to a report.
The terrorists, described by U.S. officials as a “planner” and a “facilitator,” were on the back of a tricycle, known as a tuk-tuk, when they were targeted by the retaliation strike, it reported. Sunday the Mail. citing photos on social media.
U.S. officials said the duo were members of ISIS-K, the local affiliate of the jihadist group that became deserving of Thursday’s bloodshed at Kabul airport.
At a Pentagon press conference on Saturday, officials refused to identify the people killed by name or whether they had a specific role in the suicide bombing that killed 13 members of the U.S. service and at least 169 Afghans.
“They were ISIS-K planners and facilitators, and that’s reason enough,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
“The fact that two of these individuals stop walking on the surface of the earth is a good thing.”
