Flags were flown at half-staff at the U.S. Capitol on Saturday in honor of the 13 U.S. military members who died in a suicide bombing while evacuating Afghanistan two years ago.
Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., discusses the Afghanistan withdrawal two years later and the calls from Gold Star families for accountability.directed to have the flags at the U.S. Capitol lowered to half-staff on Saturday to honor the 13 U.S. service members who lost their lives in a tragic suicide bombing during the"botched" withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 under the Biden administration.
On Aug. 26, 2021, during the U.S. military's mass evacuation at the Kabul airport, suicide bombers killed at least 183 people, including 13 U.S. service members. The evacuation required significant cooperation from the Taliban to complete and ended a day ahead of the deadline on Aug. 30, of U.S. citizens and tens of thousands of Afghan allies, despite Biden’s promise days earlier to"get them all out.
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