The families of the American soldiers killed in the ISIL suicide attack on Kabul airport have said that the Pentagon may have manipulated the results of the investigation.
According to Pak Sahafat News Agency, the families of US servicemen killed in a suicide bombing at Kabul airport have questioned the Pentagon’s investigation, saying the report was tampered with.
Earlier, the Pentagon said in a report on an ISIL suicide attack on Kabul airport that the attack could not have been prevented.
The attack killed 170 people, including 13 US soldiers.
Following the release of the Pentagon report, several members of the 13 killed soldiers told the Washington Post that they were skeptical of the report’s findings.
Shana Chapel, the mother of Karim Nikooei, a 20-year-old US Marine who was killed in the blast, told the Washington Post that all Marines were “surrounded” by the Taliban at Kabul airport.
The families of the killed soldiers say they were in a vulnerable position. One of these families said: “Yes, it was a humanitarian effort on their part. And they did the best they could, given the circumstances. “However, they should not have been in that situation in the first place.”
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Karim Nikouei’s mother also disagreed with the Pentagon’s conclusion that the casualties were the result of a suicide bombing and said that members of the military had been fired upon with light weapons after the bombing ended.
According to the Washington Post, several Marines reported being shot during the attack.
Mark Schmitz, another parent whose son was killed in the attack, said he had seen “contradictory reports” in the Pentagon’s assessment and said he had asked the Pentagon to specifically analyze some of the metal parts found in his son’s body. The Pentagon, however, told him the pieces had been thrown away.
The U.S. military has previously said there was no definitive evidence that anyone, whether American or Afghan, was wounded or killed by gunfire.
At the time, Kenneth Frank McKenzie, commander of Centcom, called the evidence gathered, the deaths of more than 100 people, the analysis of experts, the findings of fact, and the conclusions of the team based on that evidence a compelling and realistic study.
The U.S. military says a car bomb had exploded at an Iraqi police recruiting center at Kisak, killing at least 170 people, including 13 US soldiers.