The Pentagon acknowledged Friday that a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, had not hit a military target but instead had killed civilians — including up to seven children and a longtime worker for a U.S. aid group. The acknowledgement contradicts earlier assertions that the strike was a successful effort to ward off an attack.
“Our investigation now concludes the strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command, said at a news conference Friday.
Gen. McKenzie: "I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians,...
“Our investigation now concludes the strike was a tragic mistake,” Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, chief of U.S. Central Command, said at a news conference Friday.
Gen. McKenzie: "I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians,...
- 9/17/2021
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
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