‘Mastermind’ of Kabul airport bombing killed by Taliban, says U.S. official

File photo showing smoke rising following an explosion at the Kabul airport on Aug. 26, 2021

The Taliban have killed an Islamic State militant who was the “mastermind” behind a suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States’ chaotic evacuation from the country, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

CBC | World News

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