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Review says Abbey Gate bombing wasn’t preventable
A new review says the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable.
Marine Harrier crashes during takeoff in Djibouti, pilot in stable condition
A Marine Harrier pilot is in stable condition after ejecting from an AV-8B during takeoff from Djibouti Ambouli International Airport.
By Shawn Snow
US focusing anti-Taliban effort inside Kabul
The Afghan capital is now the main focus of the anti-Taliban fight, with U.S. special forces conducting raids in the sprawling city and additional American military advisers arriving to help beleaguered local police, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday.
By Robert Burns, The Associated Press
Afghan forces uncover ISIS hideout in Kabul district
Afghan security forces uncovered an Islamic State hideout packed with explosives and suicide vests this week in a poor western neighborhood of the capital, Kabul.
US officials push back against report on losses in Afghanistan
A recent report by the BBC stating that the insurgent group threatens 70 percent of Afghanistan “overstates their influence,” officials with Resolute Support told Military Times.
By Kyle Rempfer
Afghanistan says death toll from Kabul bombing rises to 103
Afghan authorities have raised the death toll from Saturday’s suicide bombing in Kabul to 103, as hundreds of people gathered for funerals or awaited word of loved ones outside hospitals and morgues.
Officials say at least 95 killed, 158 wounded in Afghan car bombing
The attacker used the ambulance to get through a security checkpoint in central Kabul, telling police he was taking a patient to a nearby hospital, said Nasrat Rahimi, deputy spokesperson for the Interior Ministry. He then detonated his explosives at a second checkpoint, Rahimi said.
US says multiple Americans among casualties in Kabul attack
Multiple American citizens were among the dead and wounded in the Taliban’s 13-hour siege of an upscale hotel in the capital Kabul over the weekend that left 22 dead, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday.
Taliban attack on Afghan hotel ends after 13 hours, 18 dead
A Taliban assault on the Intercontinental Hotel in Afghanistan’s capital killed at least 18 people, including 14 foreigners, and pinned security forces down for more than 13 hours before the last attacker was killed on Sunday, with the casualty toll expected to rise.
Marines train Afghans in air support
The highly trained Afghan controllers are “making a tangible impact on the battlespace.”
By Shawn Snow and Jeff Schogol