China News Service, September 18th, a comprehensive report. On the 17th local time, Kent Mackenzie, the commander of the US Central Command, admitted that the Pentagon’s investigation revealed that the airstrike launched by the US military in Kabul, Afghanistan on August 29 did not actually kill the so-called The "terrorists" in China accidentally killed 10 civilians, including 7 children.
According to reports, Mackenzie said at a Pentagon press conference: “Based on investigations and inter-departmental analysis, I am now convinced that at least 10 people, including 7 children, died in this attack.” He admitted, The car and the deceased in the incident (targeted by the airstrike) are unlikely to be linked to the Khorasan branch of the Islamic State (ISIS-K).
He stated that he would take full responsibility for the "tragedy" and expressed condolences to the relatives and friends of the victims.
However, some media said that no one is expected to be disciplined for this.
It is reported that the US military action on August 29 killed 10 people. The US military initially determined that the target of the attack was terrorists of ISIS-K and believed that the target was plotting to launch a new terrorist attack.
Prior to that, terrorist attacks on the periphery of Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan caused hundreds of casualties, including the deaths of 13 American soldiers.
However, according to US CBS and previous media reports such as the New York Times, it was Ahmadi, an Afghan aid worker who assisted the United States, and his 9 family members, including 7 children, who were killed in a U.S. drone strike.
The US military stated that the drone detected a man loading explosives into Ahmadi's car, but the items were actually water tanks.
In addition, the drone attack caused a secondary explosion in the vicinity. This was initially regarded as evidence of explosives on the vehicle, but subsequent investigations revealed that the explosion was a nearby gas storage tank.