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Apr 26, 2023

Taliban Kills ISIS-K Terrorist Allegedly Behind Deadly Kabul Bombing Transcript

Taliban Kills ISIS-K Terrorist Allegedly Behind Deadly Kabul Bombing Transcript
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Over 150 Afghans and 13 U.S. service members were killed in the 2021 attack. Read the transcript here.

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David (00:00):

Now to that breaking news just before we came on the air tonight. US authorities revealing the terror mastermind responsible for the deadly bombing outside the Kabul Airport, in which 13 American service members were killed, is now dead. And they say the Taliban got them. Here’s our chief foreign correspondent Ian Pannell tonight.

Ian Pannell (00:17):

Tonight, the White House saying the man behind the horrific attack that killed 13 US service members and more than 150 Afghans in Kabul is dead. A senior administration official telling ABC News the ISIS-K terrorist who masterminded the suicide bombing at Kabul Airport in August 2021 was killed in recent weeks in a Taliban operation.

(00:38)
You can see in this video released by the Pentagon the lone figure dressed in black, identified as the bomber, carrying 20 pounds of explosives packed with ball bearings, and the catastrophic aftermath, 13 American service members and more than 150 Afghan civilians dead.

(00:59)
We were on the exact same spot one day earlier, Abbey Gate, desperate Afghans trying to escape, thousands crowding the airport, some even clinging to the side of this military jet.

(01:11)
This is the difference potentially between the lifesaving work that’s been carried out by the military here and potentially death by the Taliban, less than five yards. The Pentagon informing the families of the fallen service members of the news. At the time, President Biden warning the perpetrators would be dealt with.

Joe Biden (01:30):

We will not forgive. We will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay.

Ian Pannell (01:40):

But it was the Taliban, acting alone, who took down the key terrorist. David, we believe that the terrorist was killed in an on-the-ground raid, with the Taliban, of course, facing an insurgency of their own bloody campaign against ISIS. Now the US making it clear it’s not working together with the Taliban, but that they’re responsible for making sure that the country doesn’t become a safe haven for terrorists once again. David?

David (02:04):

Ian Pannell who did significant reporting for us from Kabul. Obviously Ian now in Ukraine. We thank you, Ian, tonight.

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