Thirteen U.S. service members were killed at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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The Michael Berry ShowAug 18, 2026
Multiple independent sources, including the Pentagon investigation reported by AP and CNN and official U.S. government statements, confirm that 13 U.S. service members were killed in the August 26, 2021 bombing at Abbey Gate in Kabul. The extracted claim matches the passage's core assertion without adding anything the post does not say.
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… Democrats for years for watching Joe Biden decline and refusing to point anything out because they're more loyal to their party in power than they are the truth. But don't dare criticize the Trump administration. Well, aren't we doing exactly what they said it was five years ago this weekend, that 13 American service members were murdered at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan: 11 Marines, one Navy corpsman, one Army soldier? The Biden administration's withdrawal turned into a catastrophe, an unsecured evacuation. American forces were reduced to standing in sewage outside the airport gates while thousands of people desperate to escape pressed in around them. …
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Supports. The Pentagon investigation, as reported by AP, concluded that the Abbey Gate bombing killed 13 U.S. service members and was not preventable.[1][5]
Supports. The White House's fifth-anniversary statement says 13 American service members were killed in the attack at Abbey Gate.[2]
Supports. Official Department of Defense statements on the anniversary name 13 American servicemembers (11 Marines, a Soldier and a Sailor) killed at Abbey Gate.[3][4]
Context. Early 2021 reporting also gave 13 killed, with a later correction that the death toll was 11 Marines, one Navy corpsman and one Army soldier, consistent with the post's breakdown.[6][7]
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7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 2 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Pentagon: Deadly Afghan airport attack was not preventableapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Fifth Anniversary of the Attack at Abbey Gatewhitehouse.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Marking Three Years Since the Attackwar.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Statement on the Third Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistangovinfo.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Pentagon says deadly Afghan airport attack was carried out by a single suicide bomber and not a complex operation | CNN Politicsedition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Multiple killed in Kabul airport attack: Live updates | CNNcnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: context
- 7What we know about the Kabul airport attack that killed US ...abcnews.com · not rated · cited for: context
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