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US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie admits the United States made a "mistake" when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State militants in the Afghan capital Kabul on August 29, confirming that it killed 10 civilians instead. "The strike was a tragic mistake," McKenzie tells reporters at a Pentagon briefing after an investigation. SOUNDBITE
Dozens of Afghan civilians were killed in NATO-led air strikes that were called in when U.S. and local troops came under heavy fire during an operation in the north of the country. Mana Rabiee reports.
Kabul, Feb 15 (EFE).- At least eight civilians, including a child, have been killed in an airstrike that targeted Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan, government officials said on Saturday, amid a breakthrough in peace talks between the United States and the insurgent group.The air raid was carried out on Friday afternoon in the eastern province of Nangarhar. (Camera: GHULAMULLAH HABIBI).FOOTAGE SHOWS THE AFTERMATH OF THE AIR RAID IN NANGARHAR, AFGHANISTAN.
Two U.S. service members and over 30 civilians, including women and children, were killed in air strikes in Kunduz on Thursday. The air strikes were called in to protect U.S. and local troops in clashes against the Taliban.
Civilians are being killed and wounded in record numbers in Afghanistan, the United Nations said on Monday, just days after one of the deadliest attacks ever in Kabul.
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was likely killed in a U.S. military drone strike in Pakistan authorized by U.S. President Barack Obama, a U.S. official says, speaking on condition of anonymity. Mana Rabiee reports.