Trial begins for Afghan charged in bombing at Kabul airport
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Source: AP News
Published: 2026-04-21 06:40 UTC+10:00
Section: General
Factuality Score: 100
Opinion Category: Neutral
Topics: Crime & Justice, Defence, Military & Defence, Law & Courts, Crime & Justice, War & Conflict
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia.
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