WASHINGTON, Dec 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) – No military personnel, involved in a drone strike that killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul, Afghanistan, in Aug, will face punishment, the Pentagon said yesterday.
Defence Secretary, Lloyd Austin, approved recommendations from U.S. Central Command head, Gen. Kenneth McKenzie and U.S. Special Operations Command leader, Gen. Richard Clarke, to not take any administrative action against those involved in the Aug 29 strike, Pentagon press secretary, John Kirby, told reporters.
The Defence Department admitted in Sept that, the drone strike – which came in the final days of the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan – was a “tragic mistake” that killed the civilians, including seven children.
Pentagon officials had earlier said, the strike was necessary, to prevent “an imminent ISIS-K threat” to U.S. forces, evacuating people at Kabul’s airport.– NNN-AGENCIES
