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Pentagon Says Investigators Found Hidden Afghanistan Withdrawal Documents

8/26/2026

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Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said investigators recovered hidden classified Afghanistan withdrawal documents.
Parnell said the documents were hidden in safes but gave no content details.
He pledged his team will follow the evidence to anyone it implicates.
Disclosure occurred on fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members.
The Abbey Gate bombing was an ISIS-K suicide attack on Aug. 26, 2021 outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport.

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Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said investigators recovered hidden classified Afghanistan withdrawal documents.
Parnell said the documents were hidden in safes but gave no content details.
He pledged his team will follow the evidence to anyone it implicates.
Disclosure occurred on fifth anniversary of the Abbey Gate bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members.
The Abbey Gate bombing was an ISIS-K suicide attack on Aug. 26, 2021 outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport.