: US Defense chief orders new review of drone strike that ‘mistakenly’ killed 10 Afghan civilians #IndiaNEWS United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered a senior-level review of

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US Defense chief orders new review of drone strike that ‘mistakenly’ killed 10 Afghan civilians #IndiaNEWS
United States Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday ordered a senior-level review of an investigation into a drone strike in Afghanistan on August 29 that had mistakenly killed 10 civilians instead of an Islamic State group fighter, AP reported. The reviewer will check the chronology of the events leading to the tragedy and if any disciplinary action is warranted.On August 29, the US had launched an unmanned drone strike on who they believed was an Islamic State-Khorasan operative. The terror group had claimed responsibility for the bombing at the Kabul airport on August 28 in which 169 Afghans and 13 US Army personnel were killed.Soon after the drone strike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province, a statement from US Central Command spokesperson Bill Urban confirmed that the intended target who was in a car was killed and that there were no civilian casualties.However, discrepancies surfaced in the reports. Central Command head Frank Mckenzie on Friday admitted to shooting down the wrong target with a hellfire missile.Pentagon Spokesperson John Kirby on Monday said the that the US Air Force will study the Central Command’s investigation and “recommend whether anyone involved [from the Air Force] should be held accountable�.“If there is accountability to be held, the decisions about who and what would be done would be a separate...Read more

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