The Kabul Airport Bombing’s Afterlife as a Diplomatic Prop

The Kabul Airport Bombing’s Afterlife as a Diplomatic Prop

In the quiet hours after iftar, as families across Afghanistan sipped tea, rested and scrolled through social media — a lifeline for news in a country where electricity to power TVs and radios is in short supply — a photo began to ripple through Facebook and X. The image, blurred yet visceral, showed a man in a light-blue medical gown, hands cuffed, flanked by two armed officers. Their tactical gear bore FBI patches; their faces were masked by b…