The giant American airlift that carried tens of thousands of Afghans to safety came to an end on Monday, the Pentagon announced, but left tens of thousands more behind. And as the last planes departed, taking the last American troops with them, the American military presence in Afghanistan vanished after 20 harrowing years. The U.S. military said Saturday that it had killed the planner of that bombing in a different drone strike on Friday night. Family members who witnessed the explosion said that Mr. Ahmadi and several of the children were killed inside his car; others were fatally wounded in rooms alongside the courtyard. An Afghan health official confirmed that local hospitals received several bodies transferred by ambulance from the house, including those of three children.

Source: International New York Times August 30, 2021 22:08 UTC