FBI investigates allegations of assault on US serviceman by Afghan evacuees

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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III (L) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley will deliver remarks on the end of the 20-year military mission in Afghanistan at the Pentagon in Arlington , Va., September 1. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

Relatives of a family killed in a US drone strike and other civilians gather next to a damaged vehicle in Kabul on August 30. The strike targeted a suspected car bomb. Photo by Bashir Darwish / UPI | License photo

Major General Chris Donahue, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army, XVIII Airborne Corps, boards a C-17 cargo plane at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 30. He is the last American serviceman to leave Afghanistan. Photo by Jack Holt / US Central Command | License photo

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden pay their respects during the dignified transfer of the remains of the Maxton W. Soviak Navy Hospital in Berlin Heights, Ohio, August 29, to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Soviak was killed, along with 12 other U.S. servicemen, in a suicide bombing outside Kabul airport on August 26. Photo by Jason Minto / US Air Force | License photo

Flag-draped transfer cases line the interior of a C-17 Globemaster II on August 29, before a dignified transfer of troop remnants to Dover. Photo by Jason Minto / US Air Force | License photo

Demonstrators protest the treatment of women and girls in Afghanistan in Lafayette Park in front of the White House in Washington, DC on August 29. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

Smoke rises above the site of an explosion near Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 29. “Threats of additional attacks such as the one the two days before that killed around 200 people,” the Pentagon said Aug. 28. Photo by EPA-EFE

A child holds an Afghan flag during a rally to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan in New York City on August 28. Photo by John Angelillo / UPI | License photo

Protesters hold up placards and flags at the Save Afghan Lives rally in New York City. Photo by John Angelillo / UPI | License photo

A US Navy assists evacuees at a checkpoint at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on August 26. Photo taken by Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla / USMC | License photo

Refugees are evacuated from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 26. Photo by Hassan Majeed / UPI | License photo

Biden pauses while making remarks about the terrorist attack that killed 13 U.S. service members in Kabul on August 26. Photo by Stefani Reynolds / UPI | License photo

Refugees evacuated from Kabul are greeted by family members upon their arrival at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Va., August 26. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

According to the US Department of Defense, as of August 25, approximately 88,000 had left Afghanistan safely, with five flights carrying 1,200 passengers landing at Dulles outside of Washington, DC Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

Refugees evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, arrive in Dulles. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

Afghans gather outside Hamid Karzai International Airport in an attempt to flee the country on August 24. Photo by Bashir Darwish / UPI | License photo

Biden arrives to speak on Afghanistan and the Group of Seven at the White House on August 24. Photo by Yuri Gripas / UPI | License photo

Taliban fighters stand guard outside Hamid Karzai International Airport during an August 24 evacuation. Photo by Bashir Darwish / UPI | License photo

U.S. Representative Brian Mast, R-Fla., An Afghanistan war veteran, flanked by fellow Republican House members, speaks during a press conference on the evacuation from Afghanistan at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, August 24. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

A child waits with his family to board a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 22. Photo by Sgt. Samuel Ruiz / USMC | License photo

Biden (left) meets with his national security team for an operational update on Afghanistan at the White House on August 22. Photo courtesy of the White House | License photo

Taliban fighters patrol the streets of a neighborhood in Kabul on August 22. Photo by Bashir Darwish / UPI | License photo

Medical support personnel help an Afghan mother and her family disembark from a US Air Force C-17 moments after delivering a child aboard the plane as it landed at Air Force Base in Ramstein in Germany on August 21. Photo courtesy of the US Air Force | License photo

A large field near a row of barracks is being prepared to provide a soccer field and recreation area for the arrival of Afghan evacuees at Fort McCoy, Wis., Aug. 18. Photo of 1st Sgt. Michel Sauret / US Army | License photo

Civilians board a plane during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 19. Photo taken by Staff Sgt. Brandon Cribelar / US Air Force | License photo

Biden (C) delivers remarks on the evacuation of vulnerable U.S. citizens and Afghans at the White House on August 20. From left to right, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Photo by Chris Kleponis / UPI | License photo

U.S. Army soldiers board a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft prior to departure for Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Allies Refuge at Ali Al Air Base Salem, Kuwait, August 13. Photo taken by Staff Sgt. Ryan Brooks / US Air Force | License photo

Army General Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, briefs the media on Afghanistan at the Pentagon in Washington, DC on August 18. Milley said US military intelligence did not indicate Afghanistan would fall to the Taliban as quickly as it did, adding that the US has carried out a “deliberate and responsible withdrawal” of its troops. . Photo taken by Air Force Sergeant Major. Julian Kemper / Department of Defense | License photo

Sullivan holds a press briefing on the withdrawal of troops from the White House on August 17. Photo by Ken Cedeno / UPI | License photo

Biden delivers remarks on Afghanistan at the White House on August 16. Photo by Oliver Contreras / UPI | License photo

Taliban militants gather after taking control of Lashkar Gah, the provincial capital of Helmand, Afghanistan on August 13. significant military victories in their blitzkrieg to power in Kabul. Photo by EPA-EFE

Biden said U.S. troops would be out of Afghanistan by Aug.31, ending the 20-year military presence during a White House address on July 8. Photo by Tom Brenner / UPI | License photo

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