{"id":83146,"date":"2021-08-26T14:06:48","date_gmt":"2021-08-26T14:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/08\/26\/explosion-outside-kabul-airport-casualties-unknown\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T08:00:44","slug":"explosion-outside-kabul-airport-casualties-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2021\/08\/26\/explosion-outside-kabul-airport-casualties-unknown\/","title":{"rendered":"US troop death toll now at 13, with 18 wounded, in HKIA attack: CENTCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The number of U.S. service members killed in a series of attacks outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Thursday is now 13, with another 18 wounded, according to a spokesman for U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The casualty toll increased after the head of CENTCOM held a Pentagon briefing Thursday afternoon, said Navy Capt. Bill Urban. During that event, CENTCOM commander Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie reported that there were 12 troops killed and 15 troops wounded. Urban did not specify the service branch of the latest fatality in his statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest victim of the attacks was a soldier, a defense official told Military Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There were also 10 Marines killed, Maj. Jim Stenger, a Marine Corps spokesperson, said in a statement. Several more were wounded and are being cared for at this time, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier in the day, the Associated Press reported that a Navy corpsman was among those killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks also killed 60 Afghans, the Associated Press is reporting, citing U.S. and Afghan officials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The injured service members are \u201cin the process of being medevaced from Afghanistan on specially equipped C-17s with embarked surgical units,\u201d Urban stated. \u201cWe continue to provide the best possible medical care to those injured. Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the injured and to the friends and family of those who were killed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement, Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger said these \u201cfallen heroes answered the call to go into harm\u2019s way to do the honorable work of helping others. We are proud of their service and deeply saddened by their loss. As we mourn, we also keep those who are still over there protecting Americans and our Afghan partners at the forefront of our thoughts. Our Marines will continue the mission, carrying on our Corps\u2019 legacy of always standing ready to meet the challenges of every extraordinary task our Nation requires of her Marines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am continually humbled by the courage and warrior spirit exhibited every day by Marines across the globe,\u201d he said. \u201cThe sacrifices Marines make on behalf of freedom must never go unnoticed or unappreciated. I ask that you keep these Marines and service members, and especially their families, in your thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack began when an ISIS suicide bomber approached a group of Marines outside the Abbey Gate, McKenzie said during the briefing. A second confirmed blast occurred outside the Baron Hotel, a few hundred yards from the Abbey Gate, where British forces have been gathering groups for escort to the airport. The blasts were followed by gunfire into the nearby crowds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re still working to calculate the total losses. We just don\u2019t know what that is right now,\u201d McKenzie said during a Pentagon briefing. \u201cTheir loss weighs heavily on us all.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack was one of the single deadliest incidents for the U.S. military in the 20-year conflict in Afghanistan, surpassed only by 2005\u2032s Operation Red Wings, which killed 17, and the 2011 downing of Extortion 17, a CH-47 Chinook carrying 30 U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The troops were the first killed in action in Afghanistan since Feb. 2020. Part of the U.S. agreement to pull troops out of the country included a promise from the Taliban that they would stop attacking U.S. troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the bombers struck people standing knee-deep in a wastewater canal under the sweltering sun, throwing bodies into the fetid water, AP reported. Those who moments earlier had hoped to get on flights out could be seen carrying the wounded to ambulances in a daze, their own clothes darkened with blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks are expected to continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe believe it is their desire to continue those attacks and we expect those attacks to continue, and we\u2019re doing everything we can to be prepared for those attacks,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cAnd that includes reaching out to the Taliban, who are actually providing the outer security cordon around the airfield, to make sure they know what we expect them to do to protect us, and we will continue to coordinate with them as, as they go forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While McKenzie did not say he trusted the Taliban, he gave them a hat tip for their efforts to screen for threats at checkpoints leading up to the airport. The U.S. and the Taliban have worked together for years to counter ISIS, a common enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, the other thing we do is, we share versions of this information with the Taliban, so that they can actually do some searching out there for us and we believe that some attacks have been thwarted by them,\u2019 he said. \u201cAgain, we\u2019ve been doing this &#8230;we\u2019ve been doing this since the 14th.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1302\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-47175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg 1980w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg?resize=300,197 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg?resize=768,505 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,673 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP21238686197257.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1010 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1980px) 100vw, 1980px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A satellite image shows Kabul International Airport and the location of an explosion near the Abbey Gate on Aug. 26, 2021. (Associated Press graphic)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple sources, including on the ground in Kabul, confirmed to Military Times that troops were welding shut the airport gates in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evacuations are continuing, however. McKenzie said several buses full of civilians have been driven onto the airfield since the attack, while processing of roughly 5,000 evacuees continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe continue to focus on the protection of our forces in the evacuees, as the evacuation continues,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cLet me be clear: while we\u2019re saddened by the loss of life, both U.S. and Afghan, we\u2019re continuing to execute the mission. Our mission is evacuating U.S. citizens or third-country nationals, especially immigrant visa holders, U.S. embassy staff and Afghans at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McKenzie said it\u2019s his understanding that there are still more than 1,000 Americans still left to evacuate, though the biggest determining factor for evacuation has been the ability to get to the airport safely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe plan is designed to operate while under stress, and under attack. And we will continue to do that, we will coordinate very carefully to make sure that it\u2019s safe for American citizens to come to the airfield,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cIf it\u2019s not, we\u2019ll tell them to hold, and then we\u2019ll work other ways to try to get them to the airport.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon confirmed Wednesday that three helicopter flights had gone into Kabul to pick up people not able to get to the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roughly 104,000 people have been evacuated since late July, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For now, he added, the several thousand soldiers and Marines on the ground are equipped to protect themselves and continue evacuations, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assessed threats include rocket or mortar attacks from outside the airport\u2019s perimeter, which can be countered with gun systems positioned to shoot them down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe also know that aim to get a suicide, vehicle-borne suicide attack in if they can, from a small vehicle to a large vehicle,\u201d McKenzie said. \u201cThey\u2019re working all those options.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Commands on the ground had been expecting such an attack from ISIS, he said. On Wednesday, the State Department sent out warnings for Americans to stay away from the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to Thursday\u2019s attack, three security incidents had resulted in the injury of one Marine and the death of an Afghan troop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday also warned that U.S. forces and refugees faced \u201cthe very real possibility of an ISIS-K attack\u201d at the airport in coming days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re taking every precaution, but this is very high-risk,\u201d he told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Department officials had warned all U.S. citizens at the airport gates to leave \u201cimmediately\u201d on Wednesday and await further evacuation instructions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite that, large crowds remained gathered at various points around the airport, hoping to escape the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack occurred around the same time that President Joe Biden was holding his daily meeting with national security officials on updates on the situation in Afghanistan. White House officials had no immediate comment on the explosion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe thought this would happen sooner or later it\u2019s tragic that it happened today is tragic, there was this much loss of life,\u201d McKenzie. \u201cWe are prepared to continue the mission.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Military Times reporter James R. 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