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Added on the 27/08/2021 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
At least 3 people have been killed and 18 others injured after a suicide bomber drove into a European Union vehicle in the Afghan capital Kabul on Sunday. Julie Noce reports.
US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admits the United States made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 29, confirming that it killed 10 civilians instead. "The strike was a tragic mistake," McKenzie tells reporters at a Pentagon briefing after an investigation. SOUNDBITE
Lawrence, Sep 11 (EFE/EPA).- The body of fallen United States Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario Pichardo killed in Kabul airport attack returned home for a funeral Saturday.Pichardo, along with 10 fellow Marines, a US Navy corpsman and a US Army soldier, were all killed when a suicide bomber detonated in a crowd that were attempting to evacuate at Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER).SHOT LIST: MARINE CORPS FUNERAL HONORS CEREMONY FOR UNITED STATES MARINE SGT. JOHANNY ROSARIO PICHARDO WHO WAS KILLED IN KABUL AIRPORT ATTACK, IN LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, US.
Lawrence, Aug 31 (EFE/EPA).- Massachusetts paid tribute Tuesday to the fallen US Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario, who was killed along with 10 fellow Marines, a US Navy corpsman and a US Army soldier in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport in Afghanistan. (Camera: CJ GUNTHER).B-ROLL OF A VIGIL FOR FALLEN UNITED STATES MARINE SGT. JOHANNY ROSARIO AT THE VETERANS STADIUM IN LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS, US.
Kabul, Aug 29 (EFE/EPA).- The Taliban confirmed a deadly US drone attack on Sunday, an airstrike targeting a vehicle driving near the Kabul airport and killing at least six civilians.The drone strike was carried out after an earlier explosion, also in the vicinity of the terminal, although the relationship between the two incidents - if any - is not yet clear."Now, we can confirm that US forces carried out an air attack against a suspicious automobile and destroyed it. The information now indicates that there were three people in the automobile," Taliban spokesman Bilal Karimi told EFE. (Camera: STRINGER). B-ROLL OF THE DAMAGE AT THE SCENE OF THE ATTACK NEAR KABUL AIRPORT, KABUL, AFGHANISTAN.