force, former pilot. he knows a thing or two about killing taliban and isis. i m told this is a u.s. reaper drone that flew from the united arab emirates. you flay around into the arabian sea over pakistan. an isis planner thought to be carried out future attacks against american troops before they leave august 31, the isis planner is dead. pete: a bit of a reminder of the reach. we re getting alerting from the state department to suzette u.s. citizens to avoid the gates of the airport. yeah a lot of fears that there were more attacks. you remember general mckenzie head of the u.s. forces warned in a press conference at the pentagon that isis would carry out more attacks in add the diggs to the deadly suicide
this isis planner. not necessarily and isis leader but isis planner in retaliation for deadly suicide attack that killed 13 american servicemembers yesterday and wounded another 20, the dignified transfer to dover air force base, we expect that tomorrow and also expecting president biden to attend that ceremony when 13 americans return. on also told president biden approved this strike. the suicide attack, he said he would carry out revenge, kill those responsible. the big question was with 5000 us troops on the ground in kabul would that strike happen? 5000 us troops at the couple airport, would he wait until after they had departed? president biden s deadline of august 30 first. what we can say is two days
we welcome correspondent lucas tomlinson. he joins us from the pentagon. good morning. the intelligence community thinks this isis planner was plotting another attack on u.s. forces the kabul airport days before president biden s august 31st deadline. i am told a u.s. reaper drone launched from the united arab emirates flew to afghanistan, over unknown isis hotbed. the same place where president trump dropped the mother of all bombs against isis. it s the same province where navy seals launched the raid to kill usama bin laden ten years ago. on thursday, president biden vowed revenge saying we will hunt you down and make you pay. the drone strike hours after another warning from the u.s. embassy urging any americans at the gate to leave
says another attack in kabul likely. meanwhile, nato ally after nato ally is wrapping up their own evacuation efforts ahead of the u.s. you re looking at the last italian military flight out of kabul. it left the airport friday evening carrying 48 afghans. cnn national security editor nick paton walsh joins me now from doha, qatar, let s start, nick, with that strike. what more can you tell us? reporter: a limit statement from afghanistan and middle east as well, saying there was an unmanned drone strike that hit nangarhar, a province in the east of afghanistan. where the u.s. has had say presence in the past and enduring as well. an initial report says it hits a isis planner, not the isis planner. where we ve seen the u.s. strike