The bombing at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan last year that left 13 U.S. troops dead could not have been prevented, Department of Defense officials said on Feb. 5. “Based on our investigation at the tactical level, this was not preventable and the leaders on the ground followed the proper measures, and any time there was an imminent threat warning they followed the proper procedures: they lowered their profile, they sought cover, and at times, they even ceased operations at the gate,” Brig. Gen. Lance Curtis, the military official who led the probe, told reporters in Washington. The Aug. 26, 2021, attack came as U.S. service members controlled the Hamid Karzai International Airport in order to ensure Americans and others could leave the country, which had recently been taken over by the Taliban terrorist group. U.S. leaders decided to cooperate with the Taliban, which stationed fighters around the outside of the …