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\nThat mastermind of the Kabul airport attack is now dead, so we are told. Yes more than a little too late for those injured and killed in the attack. But the question must be asked. What else is at play here that we don\u2019t know about? The skepticism is warranted.<\/p>\n
A dead terrorist is ALWAYS a good thing. But we do need to be cautious about what else is at play here.<\/p>\n
Taliban Kill ISIS Leader Behind Kabul Airport Bombing.<\/a><\/p>\n Well, better late than never. It seems the Taliban killed the ISIS leader who was the mastermind of the Kabul airport bombing that killed\u00a0thirteen U.S. soldiers<\/a>\u00a0and wounded scores of others.<\/span><\/p>\n The ISIS-K leader who planned the deadly 2021 suicide bombing at the Kabul international airport\u2019s Abbey Gate was killed by the Taliban, according to the National Security Council.<\/span><\/p>\n The administration didn\u2019t name the ISIS-K leader, but John Kirby, the National Security Council\u2019s coordinator for strategic communications, called him \u201cthe mastermind of the horrific attack,\u201d which was carried out in the final days of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Kirby did not specify when the Taliban killed the ISIS-K leader, but called it one in a \u201cseries of high-profile leadership losses\u201d that ISIS-K has suffered this year.<\/span><\/p>\n The terrorist who carried out the suicide bombing, Abdul Rehman Al-Loghri, had been released from prison only days earlier when the Taliban took control of the area. The attack left 13 US service members and more than 170 Afghans dead.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Keep in mind, as Toni noted\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0in her post, that terrorist who actually detonated the bomb was in our sights. Sgt. Tyler Vargas-Andrews testified before Congress that they KNEW Al-Loghri was a bad guy and our military command sat on their damned hands instead, which led to Sgt. Vargas-Andrews dealing with massive injuries he will be dealing with for the rest of his life. To this day, no one in charge has faced any repercussion for their refusal to act.<\/p>\n Yes, it\u2019s very good that this one very bad terrorist is now\u00a0deader than a doornail.<\/a>\u00a0But it is very much a case of too little too late.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n