The Pentagon’s latest admission illustrates the botched intelligence behind the strike that mistakenly killed 10 civilians in August.
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Video Showed Child in Area Minutes Before Kabul Drone Strike
An investigation of the Aug. 29 airstrike, which mistakenly killed 10 civilians, including seven children, did not recommend any disciplinary action.
ISIS Poses a Growing Threat to New Taliban Government in Afghanistan
The Taliban takeover was supposed to bring an end to war, the new government promised. But a growing insurgency is upending security and raising alarms for the international community.
Three Killed and Two Wounded in Explosion Outside a Mosque in Kabul
No group immediately claimed responsibility, but the attack resembled others by the Islamic State, which seeks to undermine the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan.
A Botched Drone Strike in Kabul Started With the Wrong Car
An errant strike that killed 10 civilians has called into question the reliability of the intelligence that will be used to conduct future U.S. operations in Afghanistan.
In US Drone Strike, Evidence Suggests No ISIS Bomb
U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives. But in-depth video analysis and interviews at the site cast doubt on that account.
Military Analysis Raises Questions About Deadly Drone Strike in Kabul
A preliminary analysis said that it was “possible to probable” that explosives were in the car and that drone operators took only a cursory scan of the courtyard before launching an attack.
Taliban Fighters Crush a Women’s Protest Amid Flickers of Resistance
The women were assaulted with rifle butts, tear gas and metal clubs, while anti-Taliban rebels in the north vowed to repel an assault by the Islamist group.