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US drone strike kills 2 Islamic State members in Afghanistan

by Lolita C. BaldorRobert Burns
| August 28, 2021 9:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — Acting swiftly on President Joe Biden's promise to retaliate for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport, the U.S. military said it killed two members of the Islamic State group's Afghanistan affiliate with a drone strike in the group's eastern stronghold.

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