Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, admits US military

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Kabul drone strike killed 10 civilians, admits US military

Sunday, 19 September 2021 | PTI | Washington

The US military has admitted that a deadly drone strike days before its pullout from Afghanistan was a “tragic mistake” as it did not kill the ISIS-K planners bent on attacking the Kabul international airport, and instead killed 10 innocent civilians, including an aid worker and seven children.

Briefing reporters on the results of the investigation of the August 29 drone strike in Kabul, General Kenneth Frank McKenzie, the commander of the US Central Command, also said it was “unlikely that the vehicle and those who died in the attack were associated with Islamic State-Khorasan or were a direct threat to US forces”.

The strike by a Hellfire missile in Kabul on August 29, which was launched in an effort to kill ISIS-K planners, instead killed 10 civilians, he said.

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