The United States Government has said it will pay compensation to families of the 10 people its drone mistakenly in Kabul, Afghanistan.
US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie was quoted as saying the US had made a “mistake” when it launched a drone strike against suspected Islamic State (IS) militants in Kabul last month, instead of killing 10 civilians, including children.
The strike during the final days of the US pullout was meant to target a suspected IS operation that US intelligence believed with “reasonable certainty” was planning to attack Kabul airport, said
“The strike was a tragic mistake,” AFP quoted him as telling reporters after an investigation.
McKenzie said the government was looking into how payments for damages could be made to the families of those killed.
“I offer my deepest condolences to surviving family members of those who were killed,” US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.
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