Who was Behind the Kabul Airport Bombing?

The Summer of 2021 saw the complete overthrow of the Afghan government by militant forces of the Taliban. In the weeks and months leading up to August, Taliban forces had quickly advanced across the country, capturing providence after providence as they marched towards Kabul. On August 12, International Coalition forces announced plans to evacuate its forces, diplomats, civilians, and certain Afghans who worked for them from the country. When Taliban forces pushed into the capital in the coming days, tens of thousands of Afghan civilians rushed to the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul with hopes they could be saved by ongoing airlift operations. The next two weeks saw what could only be described as pure chaos as crowds surrounded and stormed the airport in last ditch efforts to flee an impending Taliban rule. While this was happening, United States intelligence became aware of an Islamic State– Khorasan Province (ISKP) plot to target evacuation efforts.