{"id":2222238,"date":"2024-04-16T11:55:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-id-of-abbey-gate-bomber-terrorist-set-free-during-afghanistan-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T11:56:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T15:56:49","slug":"biden-admin-confirms-id-of-abbey-gate-bomber-terrorist-set-free-during-afghanistan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-id-of-abbey-gate-bomber-terrorist-set-free-during-afghanistan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Administration Identifies Abbey Gate Bomber, Terrorist Released in Afghanistan Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-confirms-id-of-abbey-gate-bomber-terrorist-set-free-during-afghanistan-withdrawal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2222238&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden\u2062 administration confirmed the identity of an ISIS-K <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stfu-israeli-arab-muslim-blasts-aoc-for-calling-israel-an-apartheid-state\/\" title=\"\u2018STFU\u2019: Israeli Arab Muslim Blasts AOC For Calling Israel An Apartheid State\">suicide bomber<\/a>, Abdul \u200bRahman \u200dal-Logari, responsible for the attack at Abbey Gate during the U.S. withdrawal from\u2063 Afghanistan. Al-Logari \u2063was \u200breleased\u200d by the Taliban from Bagram Air Base. The\u2064 U.S.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-bagram-air-base-falls-to-taliban\/\" title=\"Reports: Bagram Air Base falls to Taliban\">military handed<\/a>\u2064 over security to the \u2063Taliban \u200cbefore evacuating Afghanistan. The\u2062 attack was deemed unpreventable by the DOD. The Biden administration \u2063has identified Abdul Rahman al-Logari as the ISIS-K suicide\u200c bomber behind the Abbey Gate attack during the U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal. Al-Logari was freed by the Taliban from Bagram Air Base. Security in Kabul \u200dwas transferred to the Taliban before the U.S. evacuation, with the DOD concluding the attack was \u2063unpreventable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Biden administration on Monday confirmed the identity of an ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed several U.S. service members and scores of Afghans in 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Department of Defense (DOD) <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Stories\/Article\/Article\/3741245\/kabul-airport-attack-review-reaffirms-initial-findings-identifies-attacker\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">identified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  the terrorist as Abdul Rahman al-Logari. Al-Logari detonated a bomb outside of Hamid Karzai International Airport\u2019s Abbey Gate in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, killing 170 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith access to analysis from across the intelligence community, we were able to identify the Abbey Gate person-borne IED bomber as Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an [ISIS-K] member since 2016,\u201d an Army official from the joint supplemental review team said, according to the DOD.  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DOD identified al-Logari for the first time in a supplemental review of an investigation into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-us-representative-from-st-louis-cori-bush-drafts-resolution-to-punish-those-who-attempt-to-overthrow-the-2020-election-joe-biden-just-stole\/\" title=\"Democrat US Representative from St Louis, Cori Bush, Drafts Resolution to Punish Those Who Attempt to Overthrow the 2020 Election Joe Biden Just Stole\">terror attack<\/a> on Abbey Gate. U.S. Army Central Command (CENTCOM) completed and released the results of the review on Monday, confirming al-Logari\u2019s identity. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Al-Logari was one of thousands of prisoners and detainees released from Bagram Air Base by the Taliban after U.S. personnel evacuated the base in July 2021 ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/afghan-interpreter-begs-us-to-extend-withdrawal-deadline-as-terrorists-strike-kabul-airport\/\" title=\"Afghan Interpreter Begs US To Extend Withdrawal Deadline as Terrorists Strike Kabul Airport\">full military withdrawal<\/a>. The Taliban set al-Logari free in mid-August 2021. The ISIS-K terrorist carried out his deadly attack at Abbey Gate on August 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As the U.S. completed its withdrawal from Hamid Karzai International Airport, the U.S. military <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/in-its-last-days-in-kabul-u-s-turns-to-taliban-as-a-partner-11630105650\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">turned over<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  security for Kabul to the Taliban.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The U.S. evacuated Afghanistan in a rush to hit a deadline at the end of August. U.S. officials were concerned about volatility in the region and what the Taliban may do if the U.S. did not meet the deadline. In its haste, the U.S. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/04\/27\/politics\/afghan-weapons-left-behind\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">abandoned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  billions of dollars worth of equipment in Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The DOD said the review did not change the original finding of the report that the attack on Abbey Gate was not preventable. ISIS-K had multiple suicide bombers available and would have been able to carry out the attack with or without al-Logari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis supports the conclusion that the attack at Abbey Gate was not preventable at the tactical level,\u201d an official said, according to the DOD.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) is chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and has led the House investigation into the Abbey Gate terror attack. The Biden administration opened the supplemental review into Abbey Gate in response to testimony given to McCaul\u2019s committee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis report confirmed what witnesses have told this committee: the Taliban was executing civilians outside the airport. The executions caused mass chaos around the airport as large and desperate crowds of civilians sought to flee, creating a deadly operating environment for U.S. servicemembers at the gates amid significant ISIS-K threats,\u201d McCaul said in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/mccaul-on-dods-updated-abbey-gate-investigation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">statement<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u201cThe report also finally reveals the identity of the Abbey Gate bomber as Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an ISIS-K terrorist who was freed from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWith this report revealing the Biden administration has been sitting on critical information about what happened during the emergency evacuation from Afghanistan, it is clear there are many more questions to be answered. I am absolutely determined to see this investigation through to completion and will leave no stone unturned,\u201d McCaul stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, the Biden administration confirmed the ISIS-K suicide bomber&#8217;s identity as Abdul Rahman al-Logari. The terrorist was responsible for the tragic attack at Abbey Gate, where several U.S. service members and many Afghans lost their lives in 2021. 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