Pentagon Says Deadly Kabul Airport Attack Was ‘Not Preventable’
Military
By Dustin Jones | February 04, 2022
A long-awaited Pentagon investigation into the deadly attack in August 2021 at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, which killed 13 US service members and at least 170 Afghans, found a single suicide bomber evaded security checkpoints before detonating at the Abbey Gate.
Top military officials unveiled the findings of the investigation Friday, Feb. 4, in a press conference.
A lone member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate, ISIS-K, detonated a suicide vest packed with ball bearings on Aug. 26, 2021, creating a scene of chaos, death, and destruction as US forces worked to evacuate thousands of terrified Afghans, officials said. Leading up to the bombing, US forces on the ground had told crowds how to bypass the Taliban checkpoints to access the Abbey gate.
The investigation found the bomber had also capitalized on the alternate routes, Pentagon officials said.
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