The attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport last August that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was the result of a single explosive device detonated by an ISIS-K terrorist, a months-long military investigation has found.
The Pentagon released the"only known footage" of the deadly blast at the Kabul airport that killed 13 service members while the U.S. was withdrawing troops this summer.The attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport last August that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was the result of a single explosive device detonated by an ISIS-K terrorist, a months-long military investigation has found, it was announced Friday.
The top U.S. commander for the Middle East said the evidence gathered in the investigation -- including analysis by medical examiners and explosive experts, as well as interviews with more than 130 people -- shows his initial assessment was wrong.Security forces assist people struggling to flee the country outside the Abbey Gate at the Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2021.
During the briefing defense officials narrated what they called"the only known footage of the blast itself," which they said appears to show a"single individual dressed in all black" stepping forward from the crowd.The Pentagon released video footage on Feb. 4, 2022, from the Aug. 26, 2021 suicide bomb attack at Kabul airport that they said shows the bomber behind a U.S. Marine before detonating the explosive.
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