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military1 month ago•4 min saved

Abbey Gate heroes awarded upgraded Bronze Star medals for Kabul bravery.

Three Marines who stood at Abbey Gate during the August 2021 Kabul airport attack—Lance Cpl. Jordan Houston, Gunny Sgt. Jonathan Eby, and Cpl. Michael Gretzon—received upgraded valor awards: Bronze Star Medals with a ‘V’ for Houston and Eby, and a Navy & Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a ‘V’ for Gretzon. Houston treated others and dug shrapnel from his own hip, Gretzon applied a tourniquet and stayed at his post, and Eby directed casualty evacuations and security. The ceremony, led by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, comes as the Kabul evacuation (about 124,000 people over two weeks) is reviewed, with a Pentagon panel expected to report by 2026.

via Task & Purpose|

#abbey-gate #bronze-star #kabul-airport

world-news1 month ago•29 min saved

Kabul Exit Revisited: Eyewitnesses Detail Atrocities in Afghan Pullout

Five years after the Kabul airport attack, a Wall Street Journal documentary, The Path to Zero, draws on bodycam footage and interviews with Marines, diplomats and others to condemn the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan as chaotic and ill-conceived, highlighting alleged atrocities during Abbey Gate, the Taliban’s rapid takeover, and civilian tolls. It criticizes political leadership for rushing the exit, questions the decision to end the mission without a residual force or Bagram base, and argues the withdrawal harmed credibility and stability.

via New York Post|

#afghanistan #isis-k #joe-biden

international3 years ago•5 min saved

Taliban Eliminates ISIS Cell Leader Responsible for Kabul Airport Attack.

The Taliban have reportedly killed the leader of the ISIS cell responsible for the suicide bombing at the Kabul airport in August 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and as many as 170 civilians. U.S. intelligence analysts became aware in early April that the mastermind of the attack had died in a Taliban operation in Afghanistan. The attack raised ISIS-K’s international profile, positioning it as a major threat to the Taliban’s ability to govern the country and, according to American officials, as the most imminent terrorist risk to the United States coming out of Afghanistan.

via The New York Times|

#international #isis #kabul-airport