‘Heartbroken and Disgusted’: Families of Marines Killed in Kabul Decry Biden Admin’s Afghan Pullout

The families of U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan angrily denounced the Biden administration at an Aug. 7 hearing for what they said was a flawed evacuation plan and lack of accountability for what went wrong.

U.S. Marines provide assistance at an Evacuation Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, on Aug. 22, 2021. U.S. Marine Corps/Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla via Reuters

The families of U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul in the final days of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan angrily denounced the Biden administration at an Aug. 7 hearing for what they said was a flawed evacuation plan and lack of accountability for what went wrong.

The Aug. 26, 2021, attack killed 13 American service members and wounded 18. There were 169 Afghan civilians killed and at least 150 wounded.