The Pentagon admitted on Friday that a drone bombardment in Afghanistan against a suspected Islamic State terrorist killed a humanitarian worker and his family in his place.
At least 10 innocent Afghan civilians, including seven children, were killed in the bombing: "The attack was a tragic mistake," Marine Corps General Frank McKenzie, head of the United States Central Command, told a press conference at the Pentagon. United.
After the August 29 attack, Pentagon officials defended for days that the target had been a terrorist who was preparing attacks against US troops in Afghanistan, but several media outlets published reports indicating that it was actually an employee of a American humanitarian organization and that there was no evidence to affirm that he intended to commit attacks.
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