The unmanned air strike on IS Khorasan took place east of the capital Kabul, in the Nangarhar province bordering Pakistan.

The attack was controlled from Afghanistan.

"The first indications are that we have killed our target.

We have no information that civilians have been killed, "said Captain Bill Urban in a statement.

"Terrorists will not win"

IS Khorasan, the Afghan branch of the international terrorist organization, has taken on Thursday's bombing at Kabul airport.

The attack killed at least 13 U.S. soldiers and, according to hospital sources, nearly 200 Afghan civilians.

Shortly afterwards, the United States promised to carry out retaliatory attacks against the terrorist movement.

- We will respond with power and precision when we believe that the time has come.

You should know this: These IS terrorists will not win, said US President Joe Biden at a press conference after the terrorist attack.

"Avoid the entrances"

The threat of new acts against the airport is imminent and the United States urged its citizens not to be near the airport entrances during the night towards Saturday.

"Due to the security threat at Kabul Airport, we continue to urge US citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to avoid the entrances," the US Embassy in Kabul wrote.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby considers the risk of new attacks on the airport "probable".

"We are monitoring these threats very, very closely, in real time," Kirby said in a statement on Friday.

Almost 110,000 evacuated

Several countries have completed their evacuation operations from Kabul, but around 5,000 people are still waiting inside the airport to board one of the last planes out of the country before the deadline for the evacuations expires on Tuesday.

Crowds have gathered outside the airport exits to get a seat on the evacuation plane, but on Friday, the Taliban began stopping people from approaching the entrances, reports Reuters.

Nearly 110,000 people have been evacuated by air since the Taliban seized power in Kabul in mid-August, according to US officials.

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