Pentagon Doc Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike

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Pentagon Doc Reveals US Lied About Afghan Civilians Killed in 2021 Drone Strike
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.amnestyusa's deviatarcalls a report revealing the U.S. military lied about a 2021 drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians 'more evidence that we need a huge change in how the U.S. uses lethal force and assesses and reveals its consequences.'

on the August 29, 2021 drone strike that killed 10 members of the Ahmadi family, including seven children, outside their home in the Afghan capital. The strike took place during the chaotic final days of the U.S. ground war in Afghanistan, just three days after a bombing that"When confirmation bias was so deadly in this case, you have to ask how many other people targeted by the military over the years were also unjustly killed.

Zamarai Ahmadi, a 43-year-old aid worker for California-based nonprofit Nutrition and Education International, was carrying water containers that were mistaken for explosives when his Toyota Corolla was bombed by a Lockheed-Martin Hellfire missile fired from a General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper drone. As reports of civilian casualties began circulating hours after the strike, U.S. military officials claimed there were"no indications" that noncombatants were harmed in the attack, while stating that they would investigate whether a secondary explosion may have killed or wounded people nearby.

;&#x201cNEW: A U.S. Central Command investigation into the botched August 2021 drone strike in Kabul reveals how biases and assumptions led to the deadly blunder, and that military analysts saw possible civilian casualties within minutes of the strike:\nhttps://t.co/iGcmulbyw9 #FOIA;&#x201d

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