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Marine Corps Sniper Testifies Kabul Suicide Bombing Could Have Been Stopped | National

• The culminating event of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August of 2021 was the horrific attack on Kabul Airport’s Abbey Gate. 
• The explosion killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans. It also maimed countless more, including 45 service members like Tyler Vargas-Andrews.
• "...“Countless Afghans were murdered by the Taliban 155 yards in front of our position…We communicated the atrocities to our chain of command and intel assets but nothing came of it,”...
• On August 22, the sergeant and his fellow service members reported to the chain of command that the enemy performed an IED test run...
• “The response: ‘Leadership did not have the engagement authority for us. Do not engage,'” he explained, adding that they waited and waited for a response that never came.
• “Eventually the individual disappeared. To this day, we believe he was the suicide bomber,” he said.
• “Plain and simple, we were ignored,” explained Vargas-Andrews. “Our expertise was disregarded. No one was held accountable for our safety.”