On 26 August 2021, at least 13 US soldiers were killed in a suicide attack at the Kabul airport.
Washington:
US officials said on Tuesday that the Taliban had killed an Islamic State terrorist who “masterminded” a 2021 suicide attack on Kabul’s international airport that killed 13 US troops and hundreds of civilians.
The bombing occurred on August 26, 2021, as US forces were trying to help Americans and Afghans flee in the chaotic aftermath of the Taliban takeover, and heightened America’s sense of defeat after 20 years of war.
In a statement, White House spokesman John Kirby said, “He was a key ISIS-K official who was directly involved in the planning of operations such as Abbey Gate, and is no longer capable of planning or carrying out an attack.” ” The airport where the blast happened. He did not name the officer.
The Islamic State’s Afghan affiliate, known as the Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, after an old name for the region, is an enemy of the Taliban. Fighters loyal to the Islamic State first appeared in eastern Afghanistan in 2014 and have since spread to other areas.
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