BY KEVIN DOWNEY JR. | P J MEDIA
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Fox News is reporting that at least ten U.S.
servicemembers have been killed today, and the number is likely to rise.
Today marks the first time since February 2020 that
American military forces were killed in action in Afghanistan.
Two suicide bombings killed at least 40 people today, and
wounded another 120, outside of the Hamid Karzai International Airport. One
attack occurred at the airport’s Abbey Gate and the other was very near the
Baron Hotel, where U.S. and UK military and journalists are staying.
The attacks today killed four U.S. Marines and injured
another three, marking the first American military deaths in Afghanistan since
February 8, 2020, when two American soldiers were killed in a suicide bombing.
The soldiers killed on February 8, 2020, were Sgt. 1st
Class Javier Jaguar Gutierrez, 28, of San Antonio, Texas; and Sgt. 1st
Class Antonio Rey Rodriguez, 28, of Las Cruces, New Mexico.
Both soldiers were assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 7th Special Forces Group (Airborne), Eglin
Air Force Base, Florida.
The names of the U.S. Marines killed today have not yet
been released.
The situation in Afghanistan remains fluid and
information is rapidly coming in.
GRAPHIC. Video from Afghanistan shows dozens of people killed and
injured in today’s attacks.
