Report reveals US decision to keep open Kabul airport gate before attack
Leaked notes show US plan to close ‘high risk’ Abbey gate pushed back to allow UK evacuation to continue
A gate at Kabul airport was kept open by US commanders to allow the UK to continue evacuating personnel despite warnings of an imminent “mass casualty event”, according to a leaked US report.
US forces had planned to close Abbey gate on Thursday afternoon because it was deemed to be at the “highest risk”, according to classified notes of video conference discussions among senior military figures just 24 hours before the attack, which were obtained by Politico.