Hoosier Among U.S. Service Members Killed In Kabul Airport Attack

One of the service members killed in Thursday's attacks at an Afghanistan airport was from Indiana, U.S. officials announced late Friday.

Cpl. Humberto Sanchez, from Logansport, died along with a dozen other American service members and many more Afghan civilians in the bombing attack.

Senators Todd Young and Mike Braun offered condolences to Sanchez’s family late Friday.

The attack Thursday was blamed on Afghanistan’s offshoot of the Islamic State group, a lethal enemy of both the Taliban and the West.

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The U.S. military said it used a drone strike to kill a member of the Islamic State group’s Afghanistan affiliate Saturday, acting on President Joe Biden’s promise to retaliate.

The strike came amid what the White House called indications that IS planned to strike again as the U.S.-led evacuation from Kabul airport moved into its final days. Biden has set Tuesday as his deadline for completing the exit.

Earlier Friday, Gov. Eric Holcomb issued a statement grieving the attacks.

“Indiana grieves alongside the world on the loss of the 13 U.S. service members who put their lives on the line to protect our country,” the statement said.

“I would ask that every Hoosier keep their families and loved ones in their thoughts and prayers. As a country and as a state we need to be unified in honoring and paying our respects to the ones who paid the ultimate price.”

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Holcomb also directed flags to be flown at half-staff to honor and pay respects to the service members and other victims killed in the attack Thursday.

Flags should be flown at half-staff until sunset on Monday, Holcomb’s office said.

Holcomb also requested businesses and residents to lower their flags to half-staff.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.