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WASHINGTON \u2013 February 5 (ONLINE): A suicide bomber who targeted Kabul airport during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan acted alone, a US investigation has found.<\/p>\n
The attacker, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings,blew himself up at Abbey Gate outside the airport on 26 August last year.<\/p>\n
At the time, the UK, US, and other nations were carrying out an evacuation mission for thousands of citizens in the country after the Taliban takeover.<\/p>\n
More than 170 Afghans and 13 US service members were killed in the attack, which the investigation ruled as “unpreventable”.<\/p>\n
The Pentagon said those who died had wounds that were “so catastrophic” that they could not be overcome.<\/p>\n
“A single, explosive device killed at least 170 Afghan civilians and 13 US service members by explosively directing ball bearings through a packed crowd and into our men and women at Abbey Gate,” said General Frank McKenzie, head of US Central Command.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WASHINGTON \u2013 February 5 (ONLINE): A suicide bomber who targeted Kabul airport during an evacuation mission in Afghanistan acted alone, a US investigation has found. The attacker, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings,blew himself up at Abbey Gate outside the airport […]<\/p>\n
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