Earlier today, I went to the local post office (in Walnut, California) to mail a letter when I saw that the U.S. flag was lowered to half-staff as ordered by President Biden two days ago.
This was in response to the August 26 suicide bombing at Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai International Airport by an ISIS-K (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan) terrorist. This attack killed at least 170 people...including 13 American soldiers, a couple of British nationals and supposedly 28 members of the Taliban.
In response to the bombing, President Biden ordered an aerial strike by an MQ-9 Reaper drone on August 27 that killed three ISIS-K militants and wounded four others in Afghanistan's Nangarhar Province.
Old Glory will remain at half-staff nationwide till sunset on Monday, August 30. May our 13 U.S. service members, foreign nationals and all the Afghan civilians who tragically lost their lives in this attack rest in peace.
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