Newly released documents reveal that U.S. Central Command was aware of possible civilian casualties in the Aug. 29, 2021, botched drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan.
On Aug. 29, the U.S. was days away from completing its military withdrawal in Afghanistan after almost two decades of war, though the remaining U.S. forces were conducting a large-scale non-combatant evacuation operation for those who feared living under a Taliban regime. Three days earlier, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed himself, 13 U.S. service members, and roughly 170 Afghan civilians who were near the Hamid Karzai International Airport, where the evacuation efforts were underway.U.S.
But, new CENTCOM documents obtained by the New York Times in a Freedom of Information Act request show that they were aware of it within hours of the strike. On Sept. 1, days after the strike, Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reiterated to reporters that an"ISIS facilitator" was killed in the strike that he called"righteous," even though there had already been reports of civilian casualties, in addition to the not previously disclosed assessments from CENTCOM officials who were involved in the strike.
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