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US admits: We killed ten civilians in Afghanistan accidentally

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Saturday, 18 September 2021, 00:35 Updated: 01:31

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In the video: Biden strongly defends the withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan (Photo: Reuters)

The United States acknowledged last night (Friday) that an attack by a U.S. drone had killed 10 civilians in Afghanistan last month - including seven children.

General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of the U.S. Army Central Command, expressed remorse for what he called a "terrible mistake." Inadvertently ten civilians, including seven children. "It is unlikely that the vehicle and those inside it were connected to the Islamic State organization.

The attack was carried out with the sincere intention to remove a threat to our forces during the evacuation at Kabul airport, but a mistake was made.

I offer my condolences to the families and relatives of those killed.

We will investigate the incident. "

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Vehicles attacked by US drone (Photo: AP)

So far, the U.S. military has claimed that the UAV attack on August 29 was a "proper attack" and even called it a "just attack." and found no evidence that the vehicle was carrying explosives.

Gen. MacKenzie ordered an investigation into the incident, the findings revealed that the driver was killed along with nine members of his family is Zamar Ahmadi, working on behalf of non-governmental organization that delivers food to Afghan civilians. according to reports, the car was carrying bottled water The

New York Times reported that Army analysts apparently inadvertently assumed that Ahmadi was seen leaving a house where ISIS members were hiding, and in fact followed him and the sedan car he had been driving for eight hours until the attack. , After the attack on the airport in Kabul in which, among other things, 13 American soldiers who were involved in evacuating civilians from the country were killed.

US forces help evacuate residents of Kabul, August (Photo: Reuters)

After receiving a briefing on the findings of the investigation, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin yesterday ordered a further investigation.

He expressed his condolences to the family and said that "we now know that Mr. Ahmadi had no connection to ISIS, and that his activities that day did not pose a threat as we believed, and he too like others is a victim of tragic circumstances. We will learn from this incident in the future."

Human rights groups welcomed the inquiry and called for further action.

"A full and transparent investigation must be launched, those responsible must be prosecuted and the families of the victims and the survivors must be updated and compensated," said Brian Kasztner, a senior official at Amnesty International.

"It should be noted that the US military mistakenly admitted only because the eyes of the world are on Afghanistan. Similar attacks have taken place in places like Syria, Iraq and Somalia, away from the spotlight. The United States continues not to take responsibility for these cases, while families suffer."

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