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No U.S. troops will be punished for mistaken Afghan drone strike, officials say
No U.S. military personnel will be reprimanded for the August drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, two defense officials said Monday.
The strike was launched three days after a deadly suicide bombing outside Kabul airport that killed 13 U.S. military members and scores of Afghan civilians. The U.S. had intelligence that the Islamic State Khorasan, or ISIS-K, the militant group’s Afghanistan affiliate, was plotting an attack against the airport using a white Toyota Corolla, but they began tracking the wrong vehicle after it showed up at a known ISIS-K location, according to a Pentagon review.
The review found that the incident did not violate any laws of war but left decisions on punishment up to the commanders. The two senior commanders — Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, and Gen. Rich Clarke, head of U.S. Special Operations Command — both recommended no punishment for the troops involved, according to the officials, who also said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin agreed.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby confirmed the news, which was first reported by The New York Times, at a Monday afternoon news conference.
“It wasn’t an outcome that we came to without careful thought and consideration,” Kirby said. “There was not a strong enough case to be made for personal accountability.”
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