Two years after the Afghanistan airport attack, the loss of 13 Americans is still painful. Those 13 wouldn't have died if Biden hadn't abandoned Bagram Air Base.
and intelligence community were tracking the ISIS-K cells likely connected to the bombing in the days leading up to the attack. Crucially, they also described multiple opportunities to conduct a preemptive strike against those ISIS-K operatives.
A senior officer interviewed during the drone strike investigation stated that he"conducted a targeting effort on ISIS-K threats leading into Kabul" and submitted a targeting package for a"deliberate strike" against an ISIS-K location days before the bombing. Aidi was"connected to the ISIS-K leaders that coordinated" the Abbey Gate bombing. McKenzie said the Nangarhar strike"had an effect on quieting down" ISIS-K and"disrupted some of their plans" for follow-on attacks — raising the important question of whether the strike might have disrupted the August 26 attack, too.
In this image from video provided by Omar Haidari and taken on Thursday, Aug. 19, 2021, which shows a baby being lifted across a wall at Kabul Airport in Afghanistan by US soldiers.
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