by Summary for Saturday, 28th August
Here are the latest main points:
The suspected member of IS-K, or Islamic State Khorasan Province, was targeted in Nangarhar province.
A Reaper drone, launched from the Middle East, struck the militant while he was in a car with another IS member, killing them both, an official told Reuters news agency.
A mass airlift has been under way at Kabul airport since Taliban militants overran the capital this month.
Thursday's blast may have killed as many as 170 people, including 13 US troops and dozens of Afghans trying to leave the country.
"We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay," Mr Biden warned the perpetrators on Friday.
Read more here.
Gen Sir Nick Carter spoke of the anguish over leaving people behind in Afghanistan.
"We haven't been able to bring everyone out, and that has been heartbreaking," he told the BBC, adding that he had had scores of messages from Afghans - many of them friends - who would not make it out.
"There have been some very challenging judgements that have had to be made on the ground," he said.
Gen Carter said he hoped that those left behind would be able to get out in the period after the 31 deadline, adding: "We are there for them into the future if they need us."
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The group said it carried out Thursday's deadly bomb attack at Kabul airport in which up to 170 people may have died.
So let's take a look in more detail at IS-K - which stands for Islamic State Khorasan Province.
While you may have not heard of them before, IS-K is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan.
It was set up in January 2015 at the height of IS's power in Iraq and Syria, before its self-declared caliphate was defeated and dismantled by a US-led coalition.
It recruits both Afghan and Pakistani jihadists, especially defecting members of the Afghan Taliban who don't see their own organisation as extreme enough.
At its height, the group numbered about 3,000 fighters. But it has suffered significant casualties in clashes with both the US and Afghan security forces, and also with the Taliban.
You can read more about them here.
Afghanistan: The latest main points
Welcome to Saturday's live coverage of the events in Afghanistan, as foreign forces wrap up their evacuation operations at Kabul airport.Here are the latest main points:
- The US military says it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group in a drone strike in the east of the country
- IS-K had said it was behind Thursday's deadly bomb attack on Kabul airport, which killed up to 170 people
- The US says evacuations will continue at a "very fast pace" up to a 31 August deadline agreed with the Taliban, who now control the country
- But it has issued a new warning to US citizens to stay away from the airport's gates amid "credible" threats of further attacks
- The UK is now focusing on military and diplomatic departures and says no more people will be processed for departure
- But it says it will use "every lever" to help the 800 to 1,100 eligible Afghans and 100 to 150 Britons not yet evacuated
- Taliban officials say they have taken control of parts of the airport but the US says its forces are still in charge.
US says drone strike killed IS-K planner
In the wake of Thursday's deadly bomb attack outside Kabul airport, the US military says it has carried out a drone strike, killing a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State group.The suspected member of IS-K, or Islamic State Khorasan Province, was targeted in Nangarhar province.
A Reaper drone, launched from the Middle East, struck the militant while he was in a car with another IS member, killing them both, an official told Reuters news agency.
A mass airlift has been under way at Kabul airport since Taliban militants overran the capital this month.
Thursday's blast may have killed as many as 170 people, including 13 US troops and dozens of Afghans trying to leave the country.
"We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay," Mr Biden warned the perpetrators on Friday.
Read more here.
UK evacuations to end today
The UK's evacuation of civilians from Afghanistan will end today, the chief of the defence staff has said.Gen Sir Nick Carter spoke of the anguish over leaving people behind in Afghanistan.
"We haven't been able to bring everyone out, and that has been heartbreaking," he told the BBC, adding that he had had scores of messages from Afghans - many of them friends - who would not make it out.
"There have been some very challenging judgements that have had to be made on the ground," he said.
Gen Carter said he hoped that those left behind would be able to get out in the period after the 31 deadline, adding: "We are there for them into the future if they need us."
Read more here
Who are IS-K?
As we reported earlier, the US has said it killed a planner for IS-K, an Islamic State affiliate group, in a drone strike in eastern Afghanistan.The group said it carried out Thursday's deadly bomb attack at Kabul airport in which up to 170 people may have died.
So let's take a look in more detail at IS-K - which stands for Islamic State Khorasan Province.
While you may have not heard of them before, IS-K is the most extreme and violent of all the jihadist militant groups in Afghanistan.
It was set up in January 2015 at the height of IS's power in Iraq and Syria, before its self-declared caliphate was defeated and dismantled by a US-led coalition.
It recruits both Afghan and Pakistani jihadists, especially defecting members of the Afghan Taliban who don't see their own organisation as extreme enough.
At its height, the group numbered about 3,000 fighters. But it has suffered significant casualties in clashes with both the US and Afghan security forces, and also with the Taliban.
You can read more about them here.
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