POLITICS_ Pentagon Now Says Kabul Drone Strike Killed 10 Civilians in 'Tragic Mistake'

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Pentagon Now Says Kabul Drone Strike Killed 10 Civilians in 'Tragic Mistake'

Photo: The Ahmadi family prays this week beside the graves of relatives killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. Zemerai Ahmadi an Afghan man who was killed, was an enthusiastic and beloved longtime employee at an American humanitarian group, his colleagues say, painting a stark contrast to Pentagon claims that he was an ISIS militant planning to attack U.S. troops. (AP)

Friday, 17 September 2021 03:50 PM


The U.S. military said on Friday that a drone strike in Kabul last month killed as many 10 civilians, including seven children, and it apologized for what the Pentagon said was a tragic mistake.

Senior U.S. officers had said the Aug. 29 strike that took place as foreign forces completed the last stages of their withdrawal from Afghanistan targeted an Islamic States suicide bomber who posed an imminent threat to Kabul airport.

"At the time of the strike, I was confident that the strike had averted an imminent threat to our forces at the airport," U.S. General Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, told reporters. "Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake."

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