Sandi Sidhu

New video evidence uncovered by CNN significantly undermines two Pentagon investigations, the latest of which was released last year, into an ISIS-K suicide attack outside Kabul airport, during the American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. The incident was a gruesome coda to America’s longest war and left dead 13 United States military service members and about 170 Afghans who were desperately seeking US help to flee the Taliban takeover of Kabul. For two years, the US military has insisted that the deaths and injuries were caused by a single explosion, and that troops who reported reporting coming under fire and responding it was limited to three bursts that were near-simultaneous – one of 25 to 30 warning shots from UK troops, and two bursts of fire from US troops aimed at suspected militants, which did not hit anyone. But video captured by a Marine's GoPro camera that has been largely hidden from the public for months shows there was far more gunfire than the Pentagon has ever admitted. A dozen US military personnel, who were on the scene and spoke to CNN anonymously for fear of reprisals for fear of reprisals, have described the gunfire in detail. One told CNN he heard the first large burst of shooting come from where US Marines were standing, near the blast site. A dozen US military personnel, who were on the scene and spoke to CNN anonymously, have described the gunfire in detail. One told CNN he heard the first large burst of firing come from where US Marines were standing, near the blast site.