The U.S. military said it was “still assessing the results” of the latest airstrike amid reports of civilian casualties.

Officials launched a “self-defense unmanned over-the-horizon” strike on Sunday, according to CENTCOM spokesman Capt. Bill Urban, who also said the military “eliminat[ed] an imminent ISIS-K threat to Hamid Karzai International Airport.”

They were “confident we successfully hit the target,” he noted, adding that there were “significant secondary explosions from the vehicle,” which indicated “the presence of a substantial amount of explosive material.”

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There were reports that six civilians, including four children, were killed, and in a second statement, Urban added, “We are aware of reports of civilian casualties.” He continued, “We are still assessing the results of this strike, which we know disrupted an imminent ISIS-K threat to the airport.”

“We know that there were substantial and powerful subsequent explosions resulting from the destruction of the vehicle, indicating a large amount of explosive material inside that may have caused additional casualties,” he continued. “It is unclear what may have happened, and we are investigating further.”

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul warned of a “credible threat” to the airport area on Saturday, where U.S. and coalition forces have evacuated approximately 114,400 foreign citizens and Afghan citizens who would be at risk under the new Taliban regime, according to the White House. The number increases to roughly 120,000 people relocated for the entire month of August.

State Department officials have issued several similar warnings in recent days as the U.S. prepares to end its evacuation efforts after Tuesday’s deadline, while President Joe Biden said that the “threat of terrorist attacks on the airport remains high,” and he described another attack as “highly likely in the next 24-36 hours.”

A suicide bomber killed as many as 170 civilians and 13 members of the U.S. military on Thursday.

Among the deceased were 11 Marines, identified as Staff Sgt. Darin Hoover, 31; Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25; Sgt. Nicole Gee, 23; Cpl. Hunter Lopez, 22; Cpl. Daegan Page, 23; Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, 22; Lance Cpl. David Espinoza, 20; Lance Cpl. Jared Schmitz, 20; Lance Cpl. Rylee McCollum, 20; Lance Cpl. Dylan Merola, 20; and Lance Cpl. Kareem Nikoui, 20. Navy Hospitalman Maxton Soviak, 22, as well as 23-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss were killed as well, according to the Defense Department.

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There has been a spate of warnings issued in recent days as the troops working to evacuate at-risk individuals are themselves a target for ISIS-K, the terrorist organization responsible for the attack.

The Pentagon announced that it had conducted a successful airstrike where two “high-profile ISIS targets were killed and one was wounded,” on Friday night, though officials on Saturday declined to specify if these individuals were directly involved in Thursday’s attack, instead describing them only as “planners and facilitators.”

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