US – Pentagon: August 29 strike in Kabul compatible with War Law

THE unmanned aerial vehicle attack in Afghanistan which killed ten Afghan civilians, including seven children, in Kabul on August 29 was a “tragic mistake”, but did not violate the rules of the Law of War, he pointed out on Wednesday. Pentagon of USA, following internal investigations that he claims to have carried out.

“The investigation did not find any violations of legislation, including the Law of War,” the lieutenant general said in a statement. Sami Side, official of the Ministry of Defense.

«Τα execution errors in combination with confirmation bias and interruption in communication “They led to sad civilian casualties.”

Speaking to reporters at the Pentagon, Lt. Gen. Side insisted it was “wrong,” not “criminal, suspicious or negligent,” according to the APE. Those involved “believed at the time that they were aiming for one imminent threatHe added.

On August 29, in the midst of chaos departure of US forces from Afghanistan, the US military destroyed a white vehicle Toyota Corolla, claiming that it was “full of explosives, Saying it prevented an attempt by the jihadist organization Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K) to attack.

But the family of the driver of the vehicle, his Ezmarai Ahmadi, stated that he worked for an NGO and that ten people, including seven children, were killed in the US invasion, according to AFP.

During the investigation conducted by Lieutenant General Said, 29 people, among which 22 «directly involved in the air strike», were interrogated under oath.

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