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In late August, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 U.S. troops at the Kabul airport as President Joe Biden's disastrous Afghanistan pullout was underway.
It turns out, according to a new CNN report, that the bomber, whose attack also killed at least 170 Afghans, according to the Washington Post, had been released from a prison near Kabul just days earlier.
The killer had been behind bars at the Parwan prison, which had been run by Afghan authorities since 2013 and was located at the U.S.-controlled Bagram Air Base. When the U.S. quickly abandoned the base in July, chaos ensued and the prisoners were freed by the Taliban, with which the Biden Administration had already begun making deals to get U.S. personnel out of the south Asian country.
From CNN:
The Parwan prison at Bagram, along with the Pul-e-Charkhi prison near Kabul, housed several hundred members of ISIS-K, as well as thousands of other prisoners when the Taliban took control of both facilities hours before taking over the capital with barely a shot fired in mid-August, a regional counter-terrorism source told CNN at the time. The Taliban emptied out both prisons, releasing their own members who had been imprisoned but also members of ISIS-K, which is the terror group's affiliate in Afghanistan.
Eleven days later, on August 26, it was one of those prisoners who carried out the suicide bombing at Abbey Gate, killing the 13 US service members, including 11 Marines, one soldier and one sailor. They would be the last US troops killed in Afghanistan as part of America's longest war.
Multiple U.S. officials confirmed the identity of the bomber to CNN, echoing ISIS-K's claims that one of their own, Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri, carried out the attack.
The CNN report backs up California Republican Rep. Ken Calvert's claims last week that national security officials had told him the attacker was a recently released Parwan prisoner.
Critics of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal — both on the left and the right — blamed the admiration's insistence on a quick pullout as well as the decision to abandon Bagram for much of the disaster that was seen worldwide.
More from CNN:
The Biden administration faced widespread criticism for its withdrawal from Bagram, not only because of the decision to abandon a sprawling military complex that was the heart of the US military operations in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, but also for the way in which it was done.
Some Afghan officials said the US left the base in the middle of the night with little warning. The Pentagon insisted there had been communication and coordination about the handover of the base about 48 hours before the US left, but that the exact time of the final departure from Bagram was never given to the Afghan government.
Leaving the prison at Bagram in the hands of the Taliban should have been a known problem, CNN's reporting indicated.
The vast majority of the 5,000 prisoners at Bagram's Parwan prison were terrorists. Only a few hundred were criminals, according to an Afghan Defense Ministry spokesman's statement to CNN. Those terrorists included members of al Qaeda, the Taliban, and ISIS.
Afghan witness to suicide bomb attack in Kabul says little girl died in his arms
A witness to Thursday morning's suicide bombing outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport described the scene of the terrorist attack on Fox News and said that an infant girl died in his arms.
An Afghan translator for the U.S. Marine Corps identified as "Carl" was at the scene when a suicide bomb attack happened outside the Abbey Gate at Kabul's airport in Afghanistan. The witness said that at least one person, the little girl, died and more were injured, including Americans.
"There was an explosion that happened inside the crowd. A lot of people got hurt," the witness told Fox News. "I got a baby girl that — she was five years old, she died right in my hands."
"I don't know what exactly is going on over here, but I think some of the Americans, they got hurt too. And some people are running around," he added.
The witness clarified that the little girl was not his child, but belonged to someone else.
"I saw her on the ground. I picked her up and I took her to a hospital, but she died," he said.
The witness told Fox News that he was with more injured people and was in the process of taking them to the hospital in his vehicle. He was unsure what caused the explosion.
"They said that it was a suicide bomb that happened inside the crowd, but some people are saying that the U.S. — they were shooting flashbangs and stuff, and it might be they made a mistake or something. I cannot say what exactly happened, but the explosion was very bad. And there are a lot of people who got hurt," he said.
At least three U.S. troops were injured in the terrorist attack, officials said Thursday, and the Pentagon said there is an "unknown number of casualties."
We can confirm that the explosion near the Abbey Gate of the Kabul airport has resulted in an unknown number of cas… https://t.co/EXkV5RcRUA
— John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) 1629988498.0
Politico reported that an ISIS suicide bomber was responsible for the explosion.
Defense Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed reports of a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, which is a short distance from where the first explosion took place.
President Joe Biden is in the situation room at the White House, receiving updates on what is happening in Afghanistan, according to officials.
The witness was one of thousands of Afghan allies who assisted the U.S. military during the 20-year-long war against the Taliban and is now a target for retribution. He had sought to get into the airport to flee the country, fearing for his life.
The Taliban is reportedly searching homes for Afghans who aided Western countries, rounding them up and threatening to kill their families if they don't surrender to arrest.
As of Tuesday, Biden decided that the U.S. will stick with his Aug. 31 deadline to completely withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The Defense Department insisted that the deadline leaves enough time to get all American citizens out of Afghanistan, but he would not say whether all of the at-risk Afghan allies could be evacuated by then.
The State Department estimates that about 1,500 American citizens are still in Afghanistan. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Wednesday that 4,500 Americans have been evacuated from Afghanistan in the past 10 days and "we've been in direct contact with approximately 500 additional Americans and provided specific instructions on how to get to the airport safely."
However, the night before Thursday's terrorist attack, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul warned American citizens to avoid traveling to the airport and to leave immediately if they were already there, citing "security threats" outside the airport gates.
It is unclear how the Biden administration intends to rescue those Americans from Afghanistan before his withdrawal deadline if they cannot travel to the airpot, since the president has refused to send in U.S. troops to extract them.
Suicide bombings outside Kabul airport kill, wound 'several' — including US troops
The Pentagon has confirmed that a large explosion has taken place outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.
"We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can," tweeted Pentagon press secretary John Kirby Tuesday morning.
We can confirm an explosion outside Kabul airport. Casualties are unclear at this time. We will provide additional details when we can.
— John Kirby (@PentagonPresSec) 1629985491.0
Multiple news outlets have indicated that there are Afghan casualties, but information is still coming in.
Fox News also reported that the large explosion is the result of a suicide bombing, but that information has not yet been confirmed.
In recent days, the U.S., along with several other countries, issued security alerts about the imminent threat of a terrorist attack at the airport.
A British official warned on Thursday that there was "very, very credible reporting of an imminent attack" that could take place within "hours" as Western troops finalize evacuation efforts from Afghanistan.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates.
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