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From the archives: The scene of a truck bomb attack near the Kabul Airport, 2014
Stars and Stripes
February 9, 2026
(Josh Smith/Stars and Stripes)
Kabul, July 17, 2014: A member of the Afghan police Crisis Response Unit secures the scene of a truck bomb used to blow a hole in the fence surrounding partially constructed buildings near the Kabul airport on Thursday, July 17, 2014. After the explosion Taliban insurgents gained access to the site and used a building to launch an attack on the airport before being killed by security forces.