Taliban kill IS leader behind Kabul airport bombing

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Smoke rises aft  2  explosions reported extracurricular  Hamid Karzai International Airport.Image source, Getty Images

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Smoke could beryllium seen billowing crossed the metropolis instantly aft the explosions

The Islamic State person believed to person been liable for the 2021 bombing astatine Kabul's airdrome has been killed by the Taliban, US officials person said.

The August 2021 bombing killed 170 civilians and 13 US troops arsenic radical were trying to fly Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

US officials told BBC's US quality spouse CBS that the person died weeks ago, but it took clip to corroborate his death.

His sanction has not been released.

US officials said they determined done quality gathering and monitoring of the portion that the person had died, though they did not supply further details connected however they learned that helium was liable for the bombing.

"Experts successful the authorities are astatine precocious assurance that this individual…was so the cardinal idiosyncratic responsible," a elder US authoritative told CBS.

On Monday, the US began notifying families of the deceased troops astir the decease of the IS leader.

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