Taliban kills Isis-K leader behind 2021 Kabul airport attack, says White House

The Taliban has killed the alleged mastermind of a 2021 suicide bomb attack at the Kabul airport, the White House said on April 25, 2023. The blast, which occurred during the final days of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, killed 13 US troops and more than 170 Afghans. The Isis-K leader behind the attack was reportedly killed in early April during a series of battles between the group and the Taliban.