Washinton: The US military on Friday (local time) said that a bomber of the Islamic State (ISIS-K) killed 13 US troops and at least 170 Afghans at the airport Kabul last August.
Journalists’ direction of the results of military investigations, General Marines Frank McKenzie, the head of the US Central Command, said the bomb sent a 5mm ball bearing to tear the crowd packed at the Airport Abbey Gate.
Investigations did not find definitive evidence of all shots, reported Tolo news.
“I want to admit that the investigation is different from what we originally believed on the day of the attack,” McKenzie said.
“At that time, the best information we had as soon as the attack indicated that it was a complex attack by suicide bomber and armed men Isis-k,” he added.
The bomb took place on August 26 amid evacuation of US citizens and Afghanistan at risk of Kabul airport.
According to McKenzie, no one was killed or injured by a shot, adding that the ball bearing was fired explosively caused the wound that looked like a shot.
“Investigations did not find definitive evidence that had been pressed or killed by shots, both the US or Afghanistan.
This conclusion is based on careful consideration of the testimony of more than 100 witnesses, and especially the witnesses in the Observation Tower, both the United States and the United States, which Located in the location was not affected by the explosion and ordered the scene of the previous place, during and after an explosion attack, “McKenzie said.
The attack places the US military in a high warning condition that might have contributed to the failed US drone attack which thought civilians for militants of Islamic countries, reported Tolo news.
Asked whether it could be prevented, General Brigadier Army Lance Curtis said, “Based on our investigation, at the tactical level, this cannot be prevented.
And the leaders on the ground follow the right size.” McKenzie and other US military officials said investigations had collected testimonies from more than a hundred witnesses, analysis of medical examiners and explosive experts, drone recordings and other evidence, reported Tolo news.
Officials said the bomb was made of about 20 pounds of military explosives and bombers which were likely to raise them before blowing it up.
Outside 13 US service members were killed, around 45 others were injured.