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2021-08-30 Afghanistan

US Airstrike Hits Suicide Bombers Targeting Kabul Airport

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Posted by trailing wife 2021-08-30 00:39|| || Front Page|| [13 views ] Top
File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 US drone strike on ISIS-K suicide bombers in Kabul also kills three children and other civilians in their home after it sets off explosives packed into jihadists' cars - as Taliban says it WELCOMES the American missile attack against terror group

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-30 06:06|| 2021-08-30 06:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Welcomes turf war?

Posted by g(r)omgoru PB 2021-08-30 06:27|| 2021-08-30 06:27|| Front Page Top

#3 Interesting. Who was the spotter? Talib?

Posted by Frank G 2021-08-30 06:59|| 2021-08-30 06:59|| Front Page Top

#4
Eyewitnesses at the scene of the deadly Kabul airport explosion on Thursday said that a significant number of the 170 Afghans killed in the attack actually died from gunfire by the US-led alliance in the chaos following the blast.

It seems unlikely that ISIS could lead such a gunfire attack on such a heavily defended area and then get away without any of their members getting killed by return fire, which means if there are no bodies of ISIS fighters then the “ISIS gunmen” the Pentagon reported probably never existed.

Posted by Blinky Pholuling8616 2021-08-30 08:53|| 2021-08-30 08:53|| Front Page Top

#5 /\ SAF (Small Arms Fire) vs single suicide vest....first mentioned here on the Burg. Note the lack 'cause of death' reporting.

Again, my guess is our new DOS Taliban colleagues on station, ran through a few belts of RBD ammo just for good measure.

The new Atomic Suicide Bomber vest is still under development.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-30 08:59|| 2021-08-30 08:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Eyewitnesses at the scene of the deadly Kabul airport explosion on Thursday said that a significant number of the 170 Afghans killed in the attack actually died from gunfire by the US-led alliance in the chaos following the blast.

Been hearing that from Russian reporters as well.

Posted by badanov 2021-08-30 09:02|| 2021-08-30 09:02|| Front Page Top

#7 /\ I wouldn't be surprised to learn our soldiers were operating under very strict ROE, or had a limited amount (one mag) of ammo, or no ammo.

I believe we have seen this in previous situations.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-30 09:30|| 2021-08-30 09:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Russian military journalist Aleksandr Kots lets slip in his most recent report that a number of Afghans may have been trampled to death in the incident as well.

I won't post his latest because his narrative is needlessly evocative.

Posted by badanov 2021-08-30 09:58|| 2021-08-30 09:58|| Front Page Top

#9 When Ezmarai Ahmadi returned home from work on Sunday evening in Kabul, the usual gaggle of squealing children were waiting to greet him -- his sons and daughters, and a slew of nieces and nephews.

He pulled his white sedan into the driveway of a modest house in Kwaja Burga, a densely populated neighbourhood in the northwest of the Afghan capital, and handed the keys to his eldest son to park.

Youngsters piled into the vehicle -- pretending the parking routine was an adventure -- while Ezmarai watched from the side.

Then out of the blue Afghan sky, a missile came screeching down -- striking the car with a terrible force and obliterating the lives of 10 people in an instant.

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Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-08-30 17:07|| 2021-08-30 17:07|| Front Page Top

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