30 Aug 2021

Afghanistan: US launches strike on vehicle

From Morning Report, 7:39 am on 30 August 2021

US forces launched a drone strike on a vehicle in Kabul overnight, which officials say killed a suicide bomber inside, whom is suspected of preparing to attack the airport.

It is the second strike carried out by the Americans in Afghanistan since a suicide bomber from terror group ISIS-K attacked the airport last week, killing 13 US troops and scores of Afghan civilians trying to flee the country.

American Senator Chris Murphy, who's on the Foreign Relations Committee, says the car bomb shows the volatility of Kabul's airport.

The 13 American troops killed last week were returned to the US a few hours ago - the US President Joe Biden was there to receive the bodies at Dover airbase.

Washington DC correspondent Simon Marks spoke to Corin Dann.