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January 11, 2020 – Two U.S. service members were killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. [31] January 27, 2020 – Two US Air Force crew members were killed when an E-11A aircraft crashed; February 8, 2020 – Two U.S. Special Operations Soldiers were killed and six service members wounded from an insider "Green on Blue" attack in Nangarhar ...
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.
Ten French troops were killed and a further 21 wounded in the attack – the heaviest loss of troops France has suffered since deploying to Afghanistan in 2001. A total of 44 French soldiers were killed in Tagab district, by far the deadliest area patrolled by the force and a stronghold of the Taliban and other insurgent groups. [68]
[5] [14] [44] [45] The American deaths were the first U.S. service deaths in Afghanistan since February 2020 and were the largest single loss of life of U.S. military personnel since the 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown. [46] At least 150 more people were injured, [4] including 18 U.S. military personnel and a number of Taliban members ...
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 ...
The U.S. military said that a service member has been killed in Afghanistan, while in a separate incident two Afghan soldiers died when their ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign in.
Clockwise from top-left: American troops in a firefight with Taliban insurgents in Kunar Province; An American F-15E Strike Eagle dropping 2000 pound JDAMs on a cave in eastern Afghanistan; an Afghan soldier surveying atop a Humvee; Afghan and American soldiers move through snow in Logar Province; victorious Taliban fighters after securing Kabul; an Afghan soldier surveying a valley in Parwan ...
The 13 troops were killed Aug. 26 as they were helping to screen Afghans and others at the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport. US troops killed in Afghan bombing awarded Purple Hearts Skip to main ...