{"id":690566,"date":"2021-08-27T14:36:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=690566"},"modified":"2021-08-27T14:36:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T18:36:03","slug":"death-toll-rises-from-kabul-suicide-bombing-pentagon-walks-back-second-explosion-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/death-toll-rises-from-kabul-suicide-bombing-pentagon-walks-back-second-explosion-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"Death Toll Rises From Kabul Suicide Bombing; Pentagon Walks Back Second Explosion Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fdeath-toll-rises-from-kabul-suicide-bombing-pentagon-walks-back-second-explosion-claim%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=690566&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Kabuls-Hamiz-Kharzai-airport.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>The Pentagon confirmed Friday that there was only one bombing attack near the Kabul airport, and not two as they initially claimed. The attack left nearly two hundred people dead, including <\/span><span>13 U.S. servicemen.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>I can confirm for you that we do not believe that there was a second explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, that it was one suicide bomber. We are not sure how that report was provided incorrectly,\u201d<\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ObrPKVWfyaY\"> said<\/a> Army Major General William Taylor in a press conference.&nbsp;He <\/span><span>pointed to how \u201cvery dynamic events\u201d frequently occur in chaotic situations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The confirmed explosion occurred at the Abbey Gate, near the Hamid Karzai airport. On Thursday, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said there had also been a second explosion, near Kabul\u2019s Baron Hotel \u2014 a place many Americans had reportedly used as a staging area during the evacuation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kirby <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PentagonPresSec\/status\/1430907314043719683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1430907314043719683%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2Fworld%2Flive-news%2Fafghanistan-news-taliban-refugees-08-26-21-intl%2Findex.html\"><span>tweeted<\/span><\/a><span> yesterday, \u201c<\/span><span>We can confirm that the explosion at the Abbey Gate was the result of a complex attack that resulted in a number of US &amp; civilian casualties. We can also confirm at least one other explosion at or near the Baron Hotel, a short distance from Abbey Gate. We will continue to update.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Taylor also mentioned during the press conference that wounded Americans had been transported to Germany for treatment. Ten U.S. Marines and three other servicemen were killed during the attack, which has been attributed to a suicide bomber associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/isis-k-claims-responsibility-for-kabul-terror-attacks\">ISIS-K<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kirby also told reporters that they would continue to be investigating the attack and that they were trying to improve security measures at the airport as evacuation efforts continued. Reuter\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/pentagon-says-kabul-attack-carried-out-by-one-suicide-bomber-2021-08-27\/\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span> that in the past 24 hours at least 300 more American citizens have been evacuated.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe certainly are prepared and would expect future attempts,\u201d Kirby added, \u201cWe\u2019re monitoring these threats, very, very specifically, virtually in real time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The U.S. has until August 31 to get out American citizens and other Afghanistan nationals who aided the U.S. The deadline has been self-imposed by the Biden administration.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a><a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon confirmed Friday that there was only one bombing attack near the Kabul airport, and not two as they initially claimed. 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