Special Forces officer Tim Kennedy detailed the horrific deaths of soldiers at Abbey Gate in an interview with Fox Business on Thursday.
in Interview On “The Bottom Line,” Kennedy, an Afghanistan veteran, recounted the final moments he shared with one of his fallen soldiers and harshly criticized the current administration's policies. Biden ordered the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops from Afghanistan in August 2021, following a tumultuous few weeks in which 13 U.S. soldiers were killed in an attack at Kabul airport.
“It's heartbreaking to see their faces. I was with one of our members the morning of the attack,” Kennedy explained. “She volunteered to come in to help search the refugees who were being brought into the air base and get them out on the planes. And she got up in the morning and went out and searched. It was the middle of probably the most dangerous day of our entire time in Afghanistan.”
“She gets out of bed after working 12 hours, volunteers for another 12-hour shift and then dies at Abbey Gate a few hours later.” (RELATED: 'It's bullshit': Marine at center of new Afghanistan investigation accuses Pentagon of hiding evidence)
Shanna Chappell, mother of slain Marine Kareem Nikoui, embraces the U.S. Marine beside her son's flag-draped casket during his funeral at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, California, on September 18, 2021. (Photo by APU GOMES/AFP via Getty Images)
Kennedy criticized not only the administration's silence but also its ineffective policies that had weakened America's standing on the international stage.
“My heart still hurts today because so many of our service members are hurting,” he said. “It's not just the way they talk, it's the policies they can't implement, and what's worse, we know that the policies they present as solutions are complicit and weak. We know that the policies they present as solutions are complicit and weak. The world is looking at us and our standing on the world stage is crumbling.”
