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On 29 August, a drone strike was carried out by the United States, targeting a vehicle a few kilometers from Kabul Airport. According to relatives, 10 nearby civilians were killed, including seven children. [82] [83] Some of those killed had worked for international organisations and held visas allowing them U.S. entry.
In addition to the American service members, 168 Afghans were killed in the bombing as they tried to get on board evacuation flights out of the war-torn country.
In 2024, the Sgt. Nicole Gee Memorial Foundation was established as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization in her honor. [38] [8] The city of Citrus Heights, California and American Legion dedicated a memorial park bench to Gee. [39] [40] Since 2021, the Women Veterans Alliance now annually awards the Beyond the Call of Duty Award in honor of Gee. [41]
The National September 11 Memorial & Museum (also known as the 9/11 Memorial & Museum) is a memorial and museum that are part of the World Trade Center complex, in New York City, created for remembering the September 11, 2001, attacks, which killed 2,977 people, and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, which killed six. [4] The memorial is ...
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On Aug. 26, Taliban terrorists killed 13 Americans soldiers and more than 170 Afghans at Kabul International Airport’s Abbey Gate in Afghanistan. The attack came during the final days of the ...
October 2010 – 4 Marines with 3rd Battalion 5th Marines were killed in the Sangin district when an IED destroyed the MATV they were riding in. The 3/5 Sangin deployment was the deadliest deployment for the whole of the Marine Corps. April 27, 2011 – Eight United States Air Force Airmen and one American contractor were killed at the Kabul ...
Four soldiers were taken hostage in the attack, and five Taliban militants killed. [52] July 14: Five civilians were killed and another 11 wounded when their car hit a suspected Taliban roadside bomb. [53] July 19: Two soldiers were killed after Taliban gunmen opened fire on them while they were traveling on a motorcycle. [54]