CNN Presents New Video and Interviews Challenging Pentagon Claims About Afghan Airport Bombing

There may have been more gunfire following the 2021 Kabul airport bombing than U.S. military investigators have previously disclosed, according to new footage and interviews presented by CNN on Wednesday. A bomber approached checkpoints surrounding the Abbey Gate approach at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, setting off an attack that resulted in dozens wounded and killed—including 13 U.S. service members—during the U.S.-led evacuation of Afghanistan. The U.S. Department of Defense completed two reviews of the events at the Kabul airport that day; an initial review was finalized in 2022, and another supplemental review was released earlier this month....