three were 23 as well as a 25-year-old and a 31-year-old. their family members speaking out saying they were so young with so much more life to live. meanwhile, protests are taking place around the world, with protests and demonstrations, rallies, in paris, here in london, in berlin, just to name a few. all of them afghans protesting the taliban s takeover on their homeland. jon? jon: alex hogan live from our london bureau. thanks, alex. the pentagon announcing a u.s. drone strike has killed two isis-k terrorists and wounded a third in afghanistan. the overnight strike in retaliation for thursday s suicide bombing outside the kabul airport that killed 13 u.s. troops and nearly 170 afghans. lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon with more on that attack. lucas? jon, officials say these two isis fighters are part of a planning cell ready to carry out more attacks on u.s. force at the airport in kabul, ahead of
one of them had just graduated high school and trained in the military. for one marine his loved ones say this role was his dream. another marine dying just three weeks before a baby was expected. jon? jon: so many sad stories alex hogan from london, thank you. the defense department releasing new details on some of those on the u.s. drone strike that killed two isis-k terrorists bombers planners i should say and injured another terrorist as well. lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon with more on that. lucas? jon, the pentagon is refusing to say who it killed exactly in that drone strike in eastern afghanistan. two isis fighters were plotting to carry out another attack on u.s. forces at the airport in kabul ahead of the august 31st deadline. john kirby spoke earlier today at the pentagon. they lost a planner and they lost a facilitator. they have got one wounded.
elements from afghanistan, really hemming this operation and probably the end of this chapter, but maybe the beginning of another, perhaps uglier one. back to you. jon: greg palkot live in germany, thank you. jon, did the taliban provide any support for the [inaudible]. i m not going to talk about intelligence matters one way or the other. taliban supporting this drone strike? we had useful intelligence on our own to conduct this strike. jon: that s fox news lucas tomlinson questioning pentagon press secretary john kirby on the u.s. drone strike that killed two isis-k terrorists and wounded a third in afghanistan. with more on the intelligence the u.s. is relying on during this withdrawal and the military strategy which includes abandoning the bagram airfield, let s bring in marc polymeropoulos, former cia
stories. mike tobin and meteorologist adam klotz both live with the latest on hurricane ida. and on afghanistan, lucas tomlinson live at the pentagon. david spunt has the latest from the white house. doug luzader has more on the victims of thursday s kabul attack. we begin with alex hogan who is live in our london bureau. alex? good evening, jon. more countries are finalizing their evacuation missions as the u.s. inches closer to its withdrawal deadline of august 31st. italy s final flight leaving late last night in the darkness, and the u.k. sending its last plane out of afghanistan today. france and spain concluding their operations on friday, and germany and canada ending evacuations on thursday. empty streets tonight in kabul, a stark contrast to the busy bustling streets of just several weeks ago. quiet shops showing residents lack of confidence to leave their homes after dark. earlier today massive lines forming outside of banks, passport offices, and travel
make no mistake, nobody s writing this off and saying well, we got them so we don t have to worry about isis-k anymore. not the case. a u.s. military reaper drone launched from an airbase in the uae to carry out the strike in the province where the isis branch in afghanistan is based not far from the border with pakistan. the drone fired a missile at a vehicle carrying the two fighters and wounding a third. it killed two and wounded a third. it s notable that pentagon is calling them planners, not facilitators, jon, words normally reserved for lower rak ranking fighters, not being described as leaders. the targets were not on any u.s. military kill lists. president biden approved the strike less than two days after the suicide attack that killed 13 u.s. troops and wounded 20. the drone mission launched a few hours before another warning from the u.s. embassy in kabul urging any americans at the gates of the airport to quote