President Trump Issues Proclamation on 5th Anniversary of Attack at Abbey Gate
August 27, 2026
August 27, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- President Trump issued the following proclamation on Aug. 26, 2026:
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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK AT ABBEY GATE
At 5:36 p.m. on August 26, 2021, a lone ISIS-K terrorist pressed into the crowd at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and detonated a body-worn bomb. The terrorist was one of the thousands of prisoners released by the Taliban just 2 months earlier. As a result, 13 American service members were killed, 45 were wounded, . . .
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FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ATTACK AT ABBEY GATE
At 5:36 p.m. on August 26, 2021, a lone ISIS-K terrorist pressed into the crowd at Abbey Gate in Kabul, Afghanistan, and detonated a body-worn bomb. The terrorist was one of the thousands of prisoners released by the Taliban just 2 months earlier. As a result, 13 American service members were killed, 45 were wounded, . . .