Findings also detailed how a ‘bald man in black’ thought by service members to be the bomber was misidentified

An additional review by the US military into the deadly Abbey Gate bombing during the Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021, which aimed to clear up outstanding questions about the attack, has concluded that service members had not previously seen the suspected bomber ahead of the attack,

The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the "bald man in black" spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by U.S. Central Command.

At the airport, investigators said, the bomber detonated a 20-pound explosive, probably carried in a backpack or vest, spraying 5mm ball bearings in a tremendous blast that was captured in grainy video images shown to Pentagon reporters.

A subsequent military investigation found that U.S. forces didn't identify the would-be Abbey Gate suicide bomber before he killed about 170 people.

The newly released findings contradict allegations made by Marines who survived a devastating bombing during the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan.