Three explosions near the airport in Kabul, AfghanistanWASHINGTON, Feb 9The American television channel CNN doubts the conclusions of the US investigation into the explosion at the airport of the capital of Afghanistan in August 2021, according to the channel, there are medical testimonies about gunshot wounds in the victims. Earlier, the head of the Central Command, Kenneth Mackenzie, said that the US investigation found that the cause the death of 13 US troops and at least 170 Afghans on the outskirts of Kabul airport was the only explosive device and found no victims from firearms. CNN conducted its own investigation based on the testimony of more than 70 witnesses, video footage and medical documents. hospitals where the victims of the attack were admitted indicate the presence of gunshot wounds,» the channel said.Blast kills six in western AfghanistanExperts interviewed by CNN disagree over whether so many people could have been killed by a single-man blast. …, despite the denials of the US and British military,» the TV channel notes. According to 19 witnesses, they themselves received gunshot wounds or saw how others were injured. CNN adds that it was unable to verify all of the testimony. However, in 14 cases, medical reports indicate that people received gunshot wounds. The TV channel also interviewed employees of five hospitals in the city of Kabul, where the victims of the explosion were treated. According to their assumptions, the number of victims of the shelling could be «much higher.» According to the US military, the witnesses are wrong. U.S. Marines and British forces fired warning shots after the blast, but no one was injured, U.S. investigators said. According to Bill Urban, representing the US Central Command (CENTCOM), the medical staff «wrongly» assessed the injuries.The US delivered $23 million in cash to Afghanistan as humanitarian aidHowever, US investigators admitted that they only took statements from US personnel and coalition forces. year, claimed the lives of at least 185 people, including 13 US military who were involved in ensuring the evacuation of US citizens, third countries and vulnerable categories of the local population from Afghanistan. to Kabul and the next day they announced that the war was over. The last two weeks of August, from the Kabul airport, which was under the protection of the US military, there was a mass evacuation of Western citizens and Afghans who collaborated with them. On the night of August 31, the US military left the Kabul airport, ending nearly 20 years of US military presence in Afghanistan. In early September, the composition of the interim government of Afghanistan was announced, which was headed by Mohammad Hassan Akhund, who was in charge of foreign policy during the first rule of the Taliban* and has been under UN sanctions since 2001.* The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.
The Pentagon has revealed the details of the investigation into the explosion near the Kabul airport
