Bomber strikes Abbey Gate; 13 U.S. troops and at least 169 Afghans killed at Kabul airport

For eleven days, Hamid Karzai International Airport had been the only door out of a country the Taliban now controlled. On the afternoon of August 26, 2021, a bomber identified as Abdul Rahman al-Logari detonated an explosive vest at Abbey Gate, where U.S. troops were checking passports in a crowd pressed against a canal. At least 169 Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. service members died; 150 more were wounded, some by gunfire that erupted after the blast. ISIS-K claimed the attack within hours…