U.S. Drone Strike Said to Have Killed Qaeda Target in Afghanistan
Helene Cooper, Julian E. Barnes and Eric Schmitt - Yesterday 5:37 PM
WASHINGTON — The United States conducted a drone strike over the weekend that killed a Qaeda target in Kabul, the first attack since American forces left Afghanistan last year, according to multiple U.S. officials.
U.S. officials said the strike was not conducted by the military, suggesting that the operation was carried out by the C.I.A. Agency officials declined to comment.
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A senior administration official said that the operation was successful and that there were no civilian casualties. The White House was expected to brief reporters later Monday night, a second administration official said.
A statement from the Taliban condemned the operation and said the strike was conducted on a residential house in Kabul’s Sherpur area, a wealthy downtown neighborhood that officials from the Taliban government have frequented. An investigation by Taliban authorities concluded that the attack was carried out by American drones, the statement said, though it provided no evidence to support the claims.
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