ISLAMABAD
\nThe Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the \u201cmastermind\u201d behind a suicide attack at Kabul\u2019s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States\u2019 chaotic evacuation from the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
\nThe bombing occurred on Aug. 26, 2021, as U.S. troops were trying to help Americans and Afghans flee in the chaotic aftermath of the Taliban\u2019s takeover, and compounded America\u2019s sense of defeat after 20 years of war.
\n\u201cHe was a key ISIS-K official directly involved in plotting operations like Abbey Gate, and now is no longer able to plot or conduct attacks,\u201d White House spokesperson John Kirby said in a statement, referring to the Abbey Gate entrance to the Kabul airport where the blast occurred. He did not name the official.
\nThe Afghan affiliate of Islamic State, known as Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, after an old name of the region, is an enemy of the Taliban. Fighters loyal to Islamic State first appeared in eastern Afghanistan in 2014 and later made inroads in other areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the \u201cmastermind\u201d behind a suicide attack at Kabul\u2019s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States\u2019 chaotic evacuation from the country, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. The bombing occurred on Aug. 26, 2021, as U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-327703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n