WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (NNN-AGENCIES) – U.S. President, Joe Biden, yesterday, attended a solemn ceremony, at a base in his home state of Delaware, where the remains of 13 troops killed in Afghanistan last week, were returned to U.S. soil.
Biden was joined at Dover Air Force Base by first lady, Jill Biden, Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs Chairman, Mark Milley, and other senior military officials.
The president and first lady met privately with families of the fallen, before observing flag-draped cases carrying 11 service members’ remains were loaded into vans. The sounds of crying could be heard and one woman collapsed and was taken to an ambulance.
The remains of two other fallen U.S. service members are being brought home privately at the request of their families.
The 13 U.S. troops were killed in a terrorist attack near the gates of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul last week, as U.S. forces were working to evacuate Americans and allies from Afghanistan.
The White House said on Saturday that, around 111,900 people had left Afghanistan, since Aug 14. The U.S. pullout from Afghanistan is set to complete by Aug 31 (tomorrow).– NNN-AGENCIES
