Military brass claim they knew within hours that airstrike killed Afghan civilians, contradicting DOD
by Jerry Dunleavy, Justice Department Reporter |
| September 29, 2021 04:52 PM
The Pentagon’s top leaders acknowledged they knew within hours that an Aug. 29 airstrike in Kabul killed innocent civilians, claiming U.S. Central Command quickly admitted so, but the Defense Department repeatedly declined to confirm civilian casualties in the days after the strike.
The revelation came during a House Armed Services Committee hearing Wednesday in which Rep. Trent Kelly, a Mississippi Republican, grilled Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, and CENTCOM Commander Gen. Kenneth “Frank” McKenzie about the strike, which the United States admitted three weeks later killed as many as 10 civilians, including an Afghan aid worker and seven children, as opposed to an ISIS-K terrorist.
The trio confirmed they all knew within hours the strike had killed civilians, yet the Pentagon did not admit that until long after.
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