'Solemn day' Trump pays tribute to service members killed in Afghanistan pullout on ISIS attack anniversary - while Biden vacations | 26 Aug 2024 | Former President Donald Trump honored the 13 service members who died in the botched Afghanistan withdrawal three years ago Monday, joining families of the fallen for a private event at Arlington National Cemetery — while Joe Biden stayed away from the White House for the second week in a row. On Aug. 26, 2021, ISIS-K [I-CIA-SIS-K] suicide bomber Abdul Rahman al-Logari detonated an explosive vest outside Hamid Karzai International Airport's Abbey Gate, killing the service members and nearly 200 Afghans. The White House published separate statements from Biden and Kamala Harris on Monday, though Biden had no public events scheduled as he spends the week at his beach house in Rehoboth Beach, Del.