A year after a botched U.S. drone strike that killed 10 Afghan citizens some 144 people including extended family members and aid workers are deemed at risk from the Taliban, ISIS and others.
People gather around the incinerated husk of a vehicle that was destroyed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug. 29, 2021.
"If you’re working in real time and you’re going after a moving target," Victoria Coates of the Heritage Foundation told Fox News,"it is painfully easy to make a mistake." Ahmadi was actually a key staffer for U.S.-based aid group Nutrition and Education International, helping to bring food to the desperate people of Afghanistan. The founder and CEO of the organization told Fox News in a statement:"Zemari was a proud father who spoke constantly about building a better future for his seven children. Nothing can bring him, his three sons, or six nieces and nephews back."Afghans inspect damage at the Ahmadi family house after a U.S.
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