Taliban kill Islamic State chief who masterminded Kabul airport bombing that left 13 US service members useless

The Tailban have killed an Islamic State group chief who masterminded the Kabul airport suicide bombing that left 13 US service members useless.

The US navy knowledgeable the households of the 11 marines, the sailor and the soldier killed within the blast through the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan.

About 170 Afghans had been additionally killed within the bombing exterior Hamid Karzai International Airport on 26 August 2021.

Family members of the US service members shared the data in a non-public group messaging chat, based on one marine’s mom.

The account from the households was confirmed by US officers, who spoke to the Associated Press on the situation of anonymity.

The IS chief, whose identification has not but been launched, was killed in southern Afghanistan in early April.

The Taliban had been conducting a collection of operations in opposition to the Islamic State group, based on one of many officers.

At the time, the Taliban weren’t conscious of the identification of the individual they killed, the official added.

‘It’s not going to deliver Taylor again’

The assault at Abbey Gate befell as hundreds of Afghans tried to board crowded flights to flee the nation after the Taliban’s takeover.

At the time, the UK, the US and different nations had been finishing up the evacuations of hundreds of residents.

Darin Hoover, the daddy of employees sergeant Darin Taylor Hoover who died within the assault, mentioned the killing of the unidentified Islamic State group chief does nothing to assist them.

He mentioned: “Whatever happens, it’s not going to bring Taylor back and I understand that.

“About the one factor his mother and I can do now could be be an advocate for him. All we would like is the reality. And we’re not getting it. That’s the irritating half.”

His son was amongst service members who had been screening hundreds of Afghans attempting to board one of many flights in a foreign country.

Mr Hoover mentioned he and his son’s mom, Kelly Henson, have spent the previous 12 months and a half grieving the demise of the 31-year-old and praying for accountability from Joe Biden’s administration for the dealing with of the withdrawal.

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He added that the marines supplied solely restricted info to him on Tuesday and didn’t determine the chief or give the circumstances of his demise.

The blast got here hours after western officers warned of a serious assault, urging folks to go away the airport. ISIS claimed accountability.

But many Afghans had been determined to flee the nation in the previous few days of an American-led evacuation earlier than the US formally ended its 20-year presence.

The Afghanistan-based offshoot of the Islamic State, is the Taliban’s most bitter enemy and high risk militarily.

The group has continued to hold out assaults in Afghanistan because the Taliban takeover, particularly in opposition to the nation’s minority teams.