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US airstrike against ISIS-K

28/08/2021 GMT

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Drone strikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province

Drone strikes in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.

The United States has carried out drone strikes, aimed at killing a member of the militant group IS-K. The militants had claimed responsibility for an attack at Kabul airport on Thursday, which killed 13 American troops. The US military claim the drone strikes killed a planner for the Afghan branch of Islamic State.

Also in the programme: we learn how climate change has affected bees; and we discuss the increasing number of South African dancers on Strictly Come Dancing.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Margaret O'Mara, a professor of history at the University of Washington; and Miguel-Anxo Murado, a Spanish journalist and author based in Madrid.

(Photo: US service members assist with security at an Evacuation Control Check Point (ECC). Credit: US Marine Corps/Staff Sgt Victor Mancilla//Reuters)

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