Biden administration admits killing 10 civilians in Kabul airstrike, no ISIS-KThe US military on Friday admitted that it killed 10 civilians including seven children and aid worker Zemari Ahmadi in a
drone strike near Kabul's airport last month and not Islamic State bomb plotters, as it originally claimed.
Marine Corps Gen. Kenneth McKenzie Jr., commander of US Central Command, said the civilians "were tragically killed" on Aug. 29, one day before the final chaotic Biden administration evacuation flights from Kabul.
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I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike," McKenzie said at a press conference.
"We now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with ISIS-K or a direct threat to US forces."Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had staunchly defended the drone strike three days after it occurred, saying, "the procedures were correctly followed and it was a righteous strike."