{"id":2223374,"date":"2024-04-17T15:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-17T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-afghan-suicide-bomber-was-freed-from-prison-abandoned-during-us-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2024-04-17T15:07:16","modified_gmt":"2024-04-17T19:07:16","slug":"biden-admin-confirms-afghan-suicide-bomber-was-freed-from-prison-abandoned-during-us-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-afghan-suicide-bomber-was-freed-from-prison-abandoned-during-us-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Biden administration confirms that the Afghan suicide bomber was released from a prison left behind during the US withdrawal"},"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\">40<\/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-afghan-suicide-bomber-was-freed-from-prison-abandoned-during-us-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=2223374&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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-declares-we-have-been-vindicated-as-disney-concedes-defeat-in-long-running-legal-battle\/\" title=\"DeSantis celebrates victory as Disney ends lengthy legal dispute\">summary includes<\/a> a photo of \u200da U.S. Marine Corps carry team transferring the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem \u2062M. Nikoui at \u2063Dover Air\u2063 Force Base, Delaware.\u200d It mentions the Biden administration\u2064 confirming that the Afghan <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> who killed over a dozen U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> in Kabul was freed \u2062from a prison left during \u200bthe U.S. military&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan.\u2062 The\u200b summary also refers to a statement by House Foreign \u2062Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul regarding a Defense Department report on\u200b the \u2062incident.  <\/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<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\t \t\t\t\tA U.S. Marine Corps carry team transfers the remains of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. (Photo by Jason Minto\/U.S. Air Force via Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span>The Biden administration on Monday confirmed that the Afghan<\/span> <span>suicide bomber who killed more than a dozen U.S. service members at the Kabul airport in 2021 had been freed from a prison abandoned during the U.S. military&#8217;s withdrawal from Afghanistan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul (R., Texas) in a Monday statement <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignaffairs.house.gov\/press-release\/mccaul-on-dods-updated-abbey-gate-investigation\/\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>  a Defense Department report revealed that the suicide bomber who detonated an explosive belt at the airport\u2019s Abbey Gate and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/four-marines-killed-in-afghan-airport-bombing\/\"><span>killed<\/span><\/a><span>  13 U.S. service members and injured 45 more in August 2021 was &#8220;Abdul Rahman al-Logari, an ISIS-K terrorist who was freed from the Bagram prison by the Taliban.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>American troops had left the Bagram Airfield just weeks before the Abbey Gate bombing, as part of the Biden administration\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-admin-ignored-warnings-about-withdrawing-troops-from-afghanistan-military-leaders-say\/\"><span>Afghanistan withdrawal<\/span><\/a><span>. Afghan officials said the American troops <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/bagram-afghanistan-airfield-us-troops-f3614828364f567593251aaaa167e623\"><span>abandoned<\/span><\/a><span>  Bagram, Afghanistan\u2019s largest airfield, after nearly 20 years without even notifying the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dick-morris-predicts-liz-cheney-has-a-snowballs-chance-in-hell-at-reelection-after-impeachment-vote\/\" title=\"Dick Morris Predicts Liz Cheney \u2018Has A Snowball\u2019s Chance In Hell\u2019 At Reelection After Impeachment Vote\">base\u2019<\/a>s new Afghan commander. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McCaul in his Monday statement denounced congressional Democrats, arguing that the American public would have known what happened at the Kabul airport much sooner had the Democrats &#8220;fulfilled their constitutional obligations and conducted oversight.&#8221;<\/span>\t<\/p>\n<p><span>The Texas Republican also noted that the Taliban\u2019s executions of civilians outside the airport &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-confirms-id-of-abbey-gate-bomber-terrorist-set-free-during-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Identifies Abbey Gate Bomber, Terrorist Released in Afghanistan Exit\">caused mass chaos<\/a> around the airport as large and desperate crowds of civilians sought to flee, creating a deadly operating environment for U.S. service members at the gates amid significant ISIS-K threats.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;With 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,&#8221; McCaul added. &#8220;I am absolutely determined to see this investigation through to completion and will leave no stone unturned.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, a U.S. Marine Corps carry team moves Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui&#8217;s remains. 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