Kabul airport attack ‘mastermind’ killed by Taliban, US officials say

The bombing occurred on August 26, 2021, as US troops were trying to help Americans and Afghans flee in the chaotic aftermath of the Taliban’s takeover.

The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the “mastermind” behind a suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 US troops and scores of civilians during the United States’ chaotic evacuation from the country, US officials said on Tuesday.