Gen. Frank McKenzie said a Pentagon investigation into the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 US service members was the result of a single bomber, and it was not the 'complex' attack that US officials initially described.
Gen. Frank McKenzie, the head of US Central Command, said a Pentagon investigation into the August 2021 bombing outside the Kabul airport that killed 13 US service members was the result of a single bomber, and it was not the"complex" attack that US officials initially described.
McKenzie spoke at a Pentagon briefing Friday to unveil the findings of the US military investigation into the bombing at the Abbey Gate at Kabul International Airport, where 11 Marines, 1 Army soldier and 1 Navy sailor -- along with at least 170 Afghans -- were killed.
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