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Amid the 2021 evacuation from Afghanistan, a crowd of local and foreign civilians fled to the airport to be evacuated. [5] At Abbey Gate, one of the gates into the airport, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt. [2] After the explosion, gunfire erupted and all gates to the airport were closed. [31]
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., gives remarks at a Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony for the 13 American service members killed at Abbey Gate on Sept.r 10, 2024, in the Capitol Rotunda in ...
The suicide bombing by a member of ISIS-K at the Abbey Gate entrance of Hamid Karzai International Airport took the lives of 13 U.S. service members – 11 Marines, one Navy sailor and one Army ...
Harris released a statement early Monday morning naming the 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the terrorist attack at Abbey Gate outside Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport on ...
On 26 August, an explosion occurred outside the Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIL-K) claimed responsibility for the attack. [141] [142] ISIL-K is a sworn enemy of both the United States and the Taliban. [143]
harris leaves out deadly botched afghanistan withdrawal in soaring pro-military dnc speech Vice President Kamala Harris issued a statement on the Abbey Gate attack that killed 13 U.S. service members.
Abbey Gate, Kent, a village near Sandling in Kent, England. Abbey Gate (Sorø), a gate of Sorø Abbey in Sorø, Denmark. Abbeygate Shopping Centre, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Abbey Gate, one of the gates of Kabul International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. A reference to the scene of a terrorist attack on August 26, 2021.
The Abbey Gate bombing during the final chaotic days of the Afghanistan withdrawal killed 13 U.S. service members and 170 Afghans, and wounded scores more. It triggered widespread debate and congressional criticism, fueled by emotional testimony from a Marine injured in the blast, who said snipers believe they saw the possible bomber but couldn ...