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The Pentagon has declassified and publicly released video footage of a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians in the final hours of a chaotic American withdrawal that ended a 20-year ...
On 29 August 2021, an unmanned drone attack by the United States killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, including 7 children.The U.S. initially said that the vehicle targeted in the strike had visited an Islamic State safe house and that there had been several secondary explosions, implying there had been explosives at the scene.
[5] [14] [44] [45] The American deaths were the first U.S. service deaths in Afghanistan since February 2020 and were the largest single loss of life of U.S. military personnel since the 2011 Afghanistan Boeing Chinook shootdown. [46] At least 150 more people were injured, [4] including 18 U.S. military personnel and a number of Taliban members ...
In the week after the attack, the U.S. military conducted five drone strikes, an unusually high number. [39] However, U.S. counter-terrorism officials cautioned against linking these attacks to the bombing. [39] After reports of drone strikes, Pakistan said it would not support the attacks in its territory, as they were counterproductive. [70]
The bombs started coming down hours after the U.S. confirmed it had launched a drone attack in a residential neighborhood on what it said was a suicide bomber who was heading for the airport. At ...
Three suicide drones attacked a U.S. base in eastern Syria on Friday, wounding two Syrian opposition fighters, the U.S. military said. It was not clear who was behind the drone attack, but Iran ...
A recreational drone pilot crashed their drone, a DJI Phantom, during a ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra in February 2016. [66] No one was injured. The drone reportedly landed near the Memorial's Director and former defence minister Brendan Nelson, who picked it up and subsequently handed it to security staff. [67]
The incident marked the first time U.S. troops were killed by enemy fire since the start of the Israel–Hamas war. President Joe Biden condemned the attack as "despicable" and pledged retaliation at a suitable time. [5] The U.S. began retaliatory strikes on 2 February, hitting sites in Iraq and Syria. [6] Iran denied any involvement in the ...