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Pentagon Review Cites Pressures, Mistakes in Deadly Kabul Strike

Wall Street Journal 04 Nov 2021
drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in August concluded that American forces made a series of mistakes and ...
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Air Force review of Kabul strike that killed 10 civilians finds significant errors were made ...

Gwinnett Daily Post 04 Nov 2021
A US Air Force investigation into a US drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians at the end of August found that though "execution errors" were made, the law was not broken ... .
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Deadly US strike in Kabul missed evidence of child present, finds probe

Indiatoday 04 Nov 2021
Deadly US strike in Kabul missed evidence of child present, finds probe ... .
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Kabul Residents Turn to Bicycles as Fuel Prices Spike

Tolo News 04 Nov 2021
The number of people using bicycle for their daily commute in the city has increased in Kabul city recently. A number of residents of Kabul said due to the increase of fuel prices and the resulting increase in taxi fare, they are using bicycles.
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No violation of law in Kabul drone strike: Pentagon Report

Beijing News 04 Nov 2021
He stressed that the drone strike should be viewed in the context of the environment, in which intelligence showed a "very high" threat to US forces in the wake of an Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) bombing that killed 13 US service members and 170 Afghan civilians at Kabul's airport on August 26.
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Pentagon review says US airstrike killing civilians in Kabul 'honest mistake'

Anadolu Agency 04 Nov 2021
29 targeted a white Toyota Corolla, wrongly assessing the vehicle, which was heading to Hamid Karzai International Airport in the Afghan capital Kabul, as a threat to US forces withdrawing from the country.
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IS claims responsibility for Kabul attack

China Daily 04 Nov 2021
KABUL-Militants of the Islamic State have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack against a military hospital in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to a statement from the group cited in multiple reports on Wednesday ... At least 20 people were wounded in the blasts and gunfight, according to an Italian-run emergency hospital in Kabul.
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Irwin artist inspired to draw `13 Fallen Heroes,' portraits of those killed by Kabul bomber

Pittsburgh Tribune Review 04 Nov 2021
Irwin artist Kristy Dubinsky planned to exhibit some of her paintings in mid-September at a juried art festival in Grand Rapids, Mich., when she awoke in early September to a voice in her head telling her to paint the 13 military members who had just been killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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Deadly US strike in Kabul missed evidence of child present- investigation

The Jerusalem Post 04 Nov 2021
An August US drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians was not caused by criminal negligence but by a series of errors, including not noticing a child minutes before the strike took place, an investigation by a military inspector general found on Wednesday.
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Pentagon investigator finds no crime in Kabul drone strike that killed 10 civilians

Finger Lakes Times 04 Nov 2021
military drone killed 10 civilians, including seven children, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Aug ... Gen ... military analysts had limited time to evaluate the intelligence available, and the danger was palpable as the target, a white Toyota Corolla, moved around Kabul, eventually coming to a stop about 3 kilometers (or a little under 2 miles) from the airport.
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Islamic State's Kabul hospital attack undermines Taliban security pledges

The Times of India 04 Nov 2021
KABUL. Just a few months after the Taliban took charge in Kabul and promised to restore peace in Afghanistan, many Afghans still fear an invisible enemy ... But the commander of the force, Kabul's security chief Hamdullah Mokhlis, and at least three Taliban comrades were killed as they battled the militants.
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US watchdog finds no misconduct in mistaken Kabul airstrike

Indian Express 04 Nov 2021
An independent Pentagon review has concluded that the US drone strike that killed innocent Kabul civilians and children in the final days of the Afghanistan war was not caused by misconduct or negligence, and it doesn’t recommend any disciplinary action, The Associated Press has learned ... Afghanistan Kabul.
photo: U.S. Central Command Public Affairs / Public Domain
File - Paratroopers facilitate the safe evacuation of U.S. citizens, Special Immigrant Visa applicants, and other at-risk Afghans out of Afghanistan as quickly and safely as possible from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Aug 22, 2021.
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US drone strike that killed 10 Afghans did not violate law: Pentagon

Khaama Press 04 Nov 2021
Pentagon Inspector General said on Wednesday that the US strike in Kabul in August this year that killed 10 Afghans was a tragic mistake but did not violate the law.
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