The military initially asserted that at least one Islamic State fighter had been killed in the vehicle, but McKenzie’s investigation found that only innocent civilians were killed. McKenzie said the intelligence about the vehicle turned out to be tragically mistaken. Frank McKenzie, announced Friday that his investigation had determined that the vehicle targeted by the drone had initially been spotted at a known Islamic State compound in Kabul and was tracked by U.S. There were no signs of a large secondary blast, despite the Pentagon’s assertion that the vehicle contained explosives.
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The Associated Press and other news organizations reported that the driver of the targeted vehicle was a longtime employee at a U.S. military had been mistaken in its belief that the white Toyota Corolla it tracked for hours and then struck with a Hellfire missile was a valid threat.ĭiscrepancies between the military’s initial claims about the strike and findings on the ground quickly emerged.
The main findings were that only Afghan civilians were killed and that the U.S. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Monday that Austin told the Air Force to appoint an officer at three- or four-star rank to review the Central Command investigation, which examined in detail the chronology of events leading to the tragedy. The reviewer is to consider whether any military disciplinary action is warranted. drone strike in Kabul that the Pentagon initially said had killed an Islamic State fighter. WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a senior-level review of the investigation that found that 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children, were killed in an Aug.
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