A single suicide bomber carried out the deadly Aug. 26 attack in Afghanistan at the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, the Pentagon confirmed on Friday. The U.S. Department of Defense said in initial statements that the attack, which killed 13 U.S. service members and dozens of Afghans, involved two bombers—one attack at the airport and a second at a nearby Baron hotel. “I can confirm for you that we do not believe there was a second explosion at or near the hotel, that it was one suicide bomber,” U.S. Army Major General Hank Taylor told reporters at a Pentagon news briefing on Friday. “We are not sure how that report was provided incorrectly, but we know it’s not any surprise that in the confusion of a very dynamic event, it can cause information to sometimes be misreported or garbled,” he added. “We felt it was important to correct …
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