Relatives of innocent Afghan civilians killed by "mistake" during an American drone fire at the end of August in Kabul judged Saturday "insufficient" the apology offered by Washington, in an interview with AFP.

"This is not enough", reacted Saturday to AFP Farshad Haidari, the nephew of Ezmarai Ahmadi.

"They have to come here and apologize to us in front of us."

Farshad Haidari, whose brother Naser and younger cousins ​​were also killed by the strike, claimed the United States had not contacted the family directly.

"They must come and compensate," said the 22-year-old young man, interviewed in the family home in Kwaja Burga, a neighborhood in northwest Kabul where the car destroyed by the American drone was parked at the time of the facts.

On August 29, the United States destroyed this vehicle, claiming that it was "loaded with explosives" and thus claiming to have foiled an attempted attack by the local branch of the Islamic State, IS-K.

The next day, the family of the driver of the vehicle, Ezmarai Ahmadi, reported that he was employed by an NGO and that ten people, including up to seven children, had been killed.

On Friday, the US military backtracked and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin offered his "sincere condolences" and "apologies" for the blunder.

The brother of the mistakenly killed employee, Aimal Ahmadi, whose three-year-old daughter Maleka also died in the attack, also told AFP that this was not enough.

“Today it is good news for us that the United States has officially admitted to attacking innocent civilians,” he said.

“Our innocence has been proven”, but now “we demand justice” and “we want compensation.

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Payment of compensation

On Friday, General Kenneth McKenzie, head of the central command of the United States Army, indicated that the administration was studying the payment of compensation to the families of civilians killed, without giving further details.

For Ezmarai Ahmadi's nephew, those responsible for the strike must also be "arrested and prosecuted".

Farshad Haidari also recalled that several of the victims had worked or were working at the time of the facts with the United States.

“Naser had worked with Americans for about 10 years.

My uncle had also worked with international organizations, ”he said, adding that everyone had received documents to be evacuated from the country after the Taliban took control in mid-August.

Everyone hoped to be able to get to the United States very quickly - before being killed on August 29, he said.

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