Pentagon Says Drone Strike in Afghanistan Killed 10 Civilians, Not Terrorists

The Pentagon is reversing course and now says it killed 10 civilians in a drone strike in 🇦🇫Afghanistan last month.

During a press briefing on Friday, U.S. Central Command head Gen. Frank McKenzie said, “I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children were tragically killed in that strike.”

“Moreover, we analyzed that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died or associated with ISIS-K or were a direct threat to US forces,” he continued. “Our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake.”

Finally, he said, “This strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces in the evacuees at the airport, but it was a mistake. And I offer my sincere apology. As the combatant commander. I am fully responsible for the strike in this tragic outcome.”

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Earlier this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) confronted Secretary of State Antony Blinken over a report that a U.S. drone strike in 🇦🇫Afghanistan killed an aid worker.

Paul asked Blinken during a Senate hearing on Tuesday, “The guy the Biden administration droned: was he an aid worker or an ISIS-K operative?”