{"id":697751,"date":"2021-08-29T22:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=697751"},"modified":"2021-08-29T22:21:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T02:21:26","slug":"u-s-centcom-issues-new-statement-on-strike-against-isis-target-we-are-investigating-further","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-centcom-issues-new-statement-on-strike-against-isis-target-we-are-investigating-further\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. CENTCOM Issues New Statement On Strike Against ISIS Target: \u2018We Are Investigating Further\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fu-s-centcom-issues-new-statement-on-strike-against-isis-target-we-are-investigating-further%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=697751&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Taliban-9.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a new statement late on Sunday evening regarding the strike that was carried out earlier in the day against a target that was purportedly involved in an ISIS plot against the airport in Kabul.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are aware of reports of civilian casualties following our strike on a vehicle in Kabul today,\u201d CENTCOM said in a statement. \u201cWe are still assessing the results of this strike, which we know disrupted an imminent ISIS-K threat to the airport. We know that there were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle, indicating a large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is unclear what may have happened, and we are investigating further,\u201d the statement added. \u201cWe would be deeply saddened by any potential loss of innocent life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement, from Capt. Bill Urban, USN, U.S. Central Command Spokesman, came in response to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/08\/29\/asia\/afghanistan-kabul-evacuation-intl\/index.html\">report<\/a> from CNN that alleged \u201cnine members of one family, including six children, were killed in the drone strike,\u201d according to a person claiming to be the brother of one of the people killed in the strike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vehicle that was targeted by the US in Sunday\u2019s airstrike on Kabul was next to a building and contained one suicide bomber,\u201d CNN reported, according to a U.S. official who allegedly briefed the network. \u201cIt remains unclear if the vehicle was intended to be a car bomb, or if the suicide bomber was using it for transport.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SuneEngel\/status\/1432080897872891911\">reported<\/a> that a senior Afghan health official, who was not part of the Taliban and who had worked with the U.S.-backed government that was recently in power, said that the strike killed several civilians and hit a house.<\/p>\n<p>CENTCOM said in a statement earlier on Sunday:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>U.S. military forces conducted a self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon airstrike today on a vehicle in Kabul, eliminating an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamad Karzai International airport.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are confident we successfully hit the target. Significant secondary explosions from&nbsp;the vehicle indicated the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>We are assessing the possibilities of civilian casualties, though we have no indications at this time. We remain vigilant for potential future threats.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The official said that the vehicle was \u201cloaded up and ready to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strike came hours after the U.S. State Department sent out an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-citizens-told-to-immediately-get-away-from-kabul-airport-due-to-a-specific-credible-threat\">alert<\/a> during the early morning hours on Sunday instructing U.S. citizens to immediately leave the airport in Kabul and the surrounding area \u201cdue to a specific, credible threat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The warning came hours after President Joe Biden said in a statement on Saturday afternoon that the situation on the ground was \u201cextremely dangerous, and the threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur commanders informed me that an attack is highly likely in the next 24-36 hours,\u201d the president added.<\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) issued a new statement late on Sunday evening regarding the strike that was carried out earlier in the day against a target that was purportedly involved &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697751","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=697751"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697751\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=697751"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=697751"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=697751"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}