Tag: Kabul
Pentagon Reviews Events Before Attack That Killed 13 U.S. Troops in Kabul
A team conducted new interviews to address lingering questions about the bombing in the final days of U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
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Taliban Kill Head of ISIS Cell That Bombed Kabul Airport
WASHINGTON — The Taliban have killed the leader of the Islamic State cell responsible for the suicide bombing at the international airport in Kabul, A [...]
Ties to Kabul Bombing Put ISIS Leader in Somalia in U.S. Cross Hairs
Bilal al-Sudani’s financing of the ISIS branch in Afghanistan that killed 13 U.S. troops in 2021 elevated him on U.S. kill-or-capture lists.
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Military Investigation Reveals How the U.S. Botched a Drone Strike in Kabul
Documents obtained through a lawsuit reveal how biases led to the deadly August 2021 blunder, and that officials made misleading statements concealing [...]
Lone ISIS Bomber Carried Out Kabul Airport Attack, U.S. Says
A single Islamic State suicide bomber carried out the attack at Kabul’s international airport in August that killed 13 U.S. troops and as many as 170 [...]
Boris Johnson denies authorising animal evacuation from Kabul
Boris Johnson says it is "rhubarb" animals were prioritised - after emails suggest he intervened.
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Raw Footage of Lethal Aug. 29 Kabul Drone Strike
new video loaded: Raw Footage of Lethal Aug. 29 Kabul Drone StrikeRecent episodes in Visual InvestigationsUsing evidence that’s hidden in plain sight, [...]
U.S. Military Focusing on ISIS Cell Behind Attack at Kabul Airport
In October, Colin H. Kahl, the under secretary of defense for policy, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that ISIS-K could be able to attack [...]
Pen Farthing: 'I was called disgusting over Kabul animal rescue'
Pen Farthing says he wants the truth to be known after being accused of putting pets above people.
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No U.S. Troops Will Be Punished for Deadly Kabul Strike, Pentagon Chief Decides
[explosion] In one of the final acts of its 20-year war in Afghanistan, the United States fired a missile from a drone at a car in Kabul. It was pa [...]
Inside the Fall of Kabul: An On-the-Ground Account
On July 15, I went to the palace to see Mohib. Above the gate tower, a giant tricolor of the republic fluttered against a clear blue sky. After pas [...]
Afghanistan: Politics was priority during Kabul exit – official
A Foreign Office official tells the BBC the government's handling of the evacuation was "unforgiveable".
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Boris Johnson intervened to evacuate animal charity from Kabul, says whistleblower
Boris Johnson denies that he intervened to get the charity's staff and pets out of Afghanistan in the summer.
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Boris Johnson on getting charity’s animals out of Kabul airport
Boris Johnson has said the August evacuation operation from Afghanistan was "one of the outstanding military achievements of the last 50 years or m [...]
Afghanistan: Foreign Office chaotic during Kabul evacuation – whistleblower
Thousands of pleas for help went unread and the foreign secretary lacked urgency, an ex-official says.
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