U.S. Army Major General William Taylor stated that a nighttime drone assault in Nangarhar province, which borders Pakistan, killed two Islamic State strategists and wounded another.

The Taliban, although not allied with the Islamic State, denounced the US strike.

“The Americans should have informed us (Taliban) before conducting the airstrike, it was a clear attack on Afghan territory,” a Taliban spokesperson said.

A reaper drone launched from the Middle East attacked an Islamic State fighter who was plotting assaults and was in a car with an accomplice, according to a US official.

Residents of Jalalabad, Nangarhar’s capital, reported hearing multiple explosions about midnight, however, it was unclear whether they were triggered by a US drone.

U.S. Central Command said it had sent an unmanned drone in Afghanistan’s Nangahar Province. The drone strike killed at least two targets. Officials said, “We Know of no civilian casualties.”

The strike comes as U.S. troops continue their evacuation efforts in Kabul. The Pentagon said they are working to evacuate Americans and Afghans who are at risk under Afghanistan’s new Taliban leaders.

U.S. President Joe Biden has set a deadline of Tuesday for the withdrawal of US and partner foreign soldiers.

The airport bomb, which killed dozens of people, including 13 US servicemen, brought the mission’s closing stages into sharp focus. On Thursday, Biden pledged that the US will pursue the culprits.

Biden was already facing backlash at home and abroad for the turmoil that erupted when Afghanistan’s Western-backed government and military crumbled in the face of a Taliban onslaught.

He has justified his actions, claiming that the US had long since accomplished its justification for invading in 2001.