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| Marines say CIA-trained Afghan units 'executed' civilians to clear Kabul airport, new docs reveal |
| 2026-08-27 |
| [Just The News] Afghan special forces units trained by the CIA mowed down civilians with their cars and shot innocent people to clear the Kabul airport during the Biden administration’s chaotic U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, according to first-person accounts in a new documentary. Eyewitnesses in the documentary for The Wall Street Journal, titled "The Path to Zero," say atrocities were also perpetrated against U.S. military members at Kabul International Airport — in the closing hours of the administration's final withdrawal of U.S. forces. Multiple people say in the documentary that they witnessed the Afghan special forces, known as Zero Units, murder members of the crowd in a CIA-directed mission to clear the airport. Those who committed the murders were then rewarded with evacuation, courtesy of the U.S. "They straight up executed people, ran them over," retired U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Edward Gonzalez says in the film, telling the documentarians that he witnessed these atrocities firsthand. "I literally saw trucks running over people," he said when told that some people have denied that such events occurred. Josephy Laude, a retired sergeant with the U.S. Marine Corp, also described what the Zero Units did to clear out the airport. "They would use vehicles, they would run people over, they would execute people," Laude says in the film. "They’d shoot them, shoot into the crowds bearing witness to atrocities, to war crimes." Peter Vasely, a retired rear admiral with the U.S. Navy who served as the commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan Forward at the time of the withdrawal, claimed in the documentary that "no reports" of the Zero Unit’s actions ever made it to him. He said he did not doubt what the Marines on the ground said, just that he never received any official reports of the conduct. Related: Zero Unit: 2026-06-17 DC Guard shooting suspect stares down death penalty in first court appearance Zero Unit: 2026-02-07 Hegseth says National Guard members shot in DC ambush by Afghan national will receive Purple Heart Zero Unit: 2025-12-26 Accused Nat'l Guard Shooter Hit With Federal Murder Charge; US Atty Pirro Says Death Penalty Possible |
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