Marine sniper teams could not have thwarted the attack, per a new report.
US identifies ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed American troops and Afghans in chaotic Afghanistan withdrawalAn Afghan man hands his child to a British Paratrooper assigned to 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment while a member of 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conducts security at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021.In a significant revelation, the U.S.
At one point he was detained by coalition forces and held in custody, according to the review official. But al-Logari was one of the many prisoners released by the Taliban as its fighters swept to take control of the country from Afghan security forces — mostly without a fight — in the days just before the bombing, a second review team member said.
"Over the last two years following the bombing, multiple intelligence agencies have also assessed the bomber identity as al-Logari," the Army official said. Florida Republican Rep. Cory Mills accused McKenzie of calling the Marine's integrity into question, asking, "Do you want to face him and tell him that before him now?"
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