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Pentagon acknowledges Aug. 29 drone strike in Afghanistan was a tragic mistake that killed 10 civilians.

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A US inquiry has found a drone strike in Kabul in late August killed 10 innocent people, a US official says.

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King5 News

Pentagon officials say August air strike in Kabul killed civilians, not Islamic State target

The Pentagon had originally said that the Aug. 29 strike killed an Islamic State extremist, but on Friday reversed course.

3 years ago·Seattle, United States

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The Nation

American military admits 10 civilians killed in airstrike on wrong vehicle in Kabul

Kabul - Relatives of the victims of a US drone strike that wiped out 10 members of an Afghan family in a “tragic mistake” demanded a face-to-face apology and compensation on Saturday.

3 years ago·Lahore, Pakistan

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News18 India

'It Was Mistake, Offer Sincere Apology': Top US Military Commander on Kabul Drone Strike That Killed 10 Civilians

A top US military commander has conceded as a ”mistake” the drone strike by the American forces in Kabul last month, targeting ISIS-K terrorists days after a suicide bombing at the city airport, that killed 10 civilians, including up to seven children.

3 years ago·India

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WVVA

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month. It announced Friday that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, called it a “tragic mistake.” For days after the Aug. 29 strike, Pentagon officials asserted that it had been con…

3 years ago·Bluefield, United States

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KWWL

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error

3 years ago·Waterloo, United States

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Click on Detroit

Pentagon reverses itself, calls deadly Kabul strike an error

The Pentagon has retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing that a review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed.“The strike was a tragic mistake," Marine Gen. Frank McKenzie, head of U.S. Central Command, told a Pentagon news conference Friday.McKenzie apologized for the error and said the United States is con…

3 years ago·Detroit, United States

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