CNN Presents New Video and Interviews Challenging Pentagon Claims About Afghan Airport Bombing

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command provide assistance during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 20, 2021. Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP

There may have been more gunfire following the 2021 Kabul airport bombing than U.S. military investigators have previously disclosed, according to new footage and interviews presented by CNN on Wednesday.

A bomber approached checkpoints surrounding the Abbey Gate approach at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 26, 2021, setting off an attack that resulted in dozens wounded and killed—including 13 U.S. service members—during the U.S.-led evacuation of Afghanistan.