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  • 12 U.S. service members among Kabul casualties

    Chris Megerian and Tracy Wilkinson LA Times, Syndicated content|Updated Aug 26, 2021

    Twelve U.S. service members have been killed in a terrorist attack on the evacuation operation at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan on Thursday, Marine Gen. Kenneth McKenzie of U.S. Central Command said. “It’s a hard day today,” McKenzie said. He said another 15 service members were wounded, and there were many casualties among Afghan civilians. He blamed Islamic State in Khorasan, also known as ISIS-K, a local affiliate of the Iraq- and Syria-based terrorist group. McKenzie said the attack, which occurred at an airport gate a... Full story