Following the 2021 Kabul airport attack, through a tweet by its spokesperson, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan condemned the attack, saying "evil circles will be strictly stopped". The Taliban later announced that they would take every possible measure to capture ISIS-K leader Shahab al-Muhajir. The United States also launched a drone strike on the 27th that killed two "high-profiled" ISIS targets and injured a third. The two targets killed were "ISIS-K planners and facilitators".