Tuesday, 5th May, 2026
Tuesday, 5th May, 2026

US airstrike leaves 9 people dead in Kabul

The US armed forces carried out an airstrike in Kabul on Sunday (August 29), leaving nine people, mostly members of one family, dead, the CNN TV channel reported quoting a relative of those killed.

According to it, six children were among the casualties with the youngest being two years old.

On Sunday, the US forces delivered a drone airstrike eliminating a vehicle with explosives in Kabul that the militants of the Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) organization (outlawed in Russia) intended to use in a terror attack.

According to the TV channel, two vehicles were destroyed and a residential building was partially demolished as a result of the US drone strike. Earlier, the Afghanistan Times newspaper reported seven casualties.