ISIS-K suicide bomber was prisoner released from Bagram Air Base, sources say
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ISIS-K suicide bomber who killed 13 U.S. service members outside the Kabul airport in August was a prisoner released from Bagram Air Base on Aug. 15 after the Taliban seized control of the facility.
"Security officials have now confirmed to me that the Aug. 26 Kabul bomber was a known ISIS-K terrorist that was previously detained at the Bagram prison and was released along with thousands of others just days before the deadly attack," Calvert said, referring to the suicide bombing attack that killed 13 U.S. service members, severely injured 20 more, and left more than 150 Afghans dead.
"There were 7,000 prisoners housed there – terrorists, the worst of the terrorists – held separately from other terrorists," Calvert said. "We believe he was one of them." Calvert said he is "in a position," as the top Republican on the committee "that funds the CIA, NSA, NRO, U.S. Marine Corps, Army, Navy, the entire enterprise," to say that he believes the intelligence he received is "credible."