US admits its August 29 drone strike killed 10 civilians

The US military on Friday admitted that the August 29 drone strike on a white sedan in Kabul resulted in the deaths of 10 Afghans, including up to seven children.

FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2021, file photo Gen. Frank McKenzie, Commander of U. S. Central Command, appears on screen as he speaks from MacDill Air Force Base, in Tampa, Fla. , as he speaks about Afghanistan during a virtual briefing moderated by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby at the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon retreated from its defense of a drone strike that killed multiple civilians in Afghanistan last month, announcing Friday, Sept. 17, that an internal review revealed that only civilians were killed in the attack, not an Islamic State extremist as first believed. (AP Photo / Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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