American intelligence analysts had intercepted messages from ISIS-K plotters that another major attack against the airport was in the works. But operators paid special attention to the white sedan on the black-and-white feed from an MQ-9 Reaper drone soaring over Kabul. This pattern continued for several hours, as the sedan made different stops in Kabul, sometimes picking up and dropping off passengers. Just before 4 p.m., the sedan pulled into a compound unknown to the Americans, about eight to 12 kilometers southwest of the airport. A few minutes later, the driver and three other men loaded several wrapped packages into the trunk of the car.

Source: International New York Times September 05, 2021 19:17 UTC