According to the director of the investigation, the perpetrators of the attack genuinely believed that their target was a genuine threat to U.S. forces.
The United States an internal investigation by the Department of Defense found that a U.S. plane strike that killed Afghan civilians did not violate the laws of war.
According to the investigation report, the blow was a tragic mistake and the civilian deaths were unfortunate, but it did not violate any laws.
“It was pure damage,” the study led Sami Said The U.S. Air Force told reporters.
A U.S. attack in the Afghan capital, Kabul, killed three adults and seven children in late August.
For adults one worked for a U.S. charity. According to the United States, the target was fighters from the extremist organization Isis, whose U.S. troops thought they were driving a car filled with explosives.
According to Said, the perpetrators of the attack genuinely believed that their target was a genuine threat to U.S. forces and the evacuation operation at Kabul Airport that was currently underway. He said this was due to inaccurate intelligence.
According to the Ministry of Defense, the relatives of the victims will be compensated. Said said it is not his responsibility to decide whether those responsible for killing civilians should be punished.
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