Nine members of one family, including six children, died in the American drone attack in Kabul – PRAVDA.sk

Nine members of one family, including six children, died on Saturday during a US drone attack on a vehicle in a residential area of the Afghan capital Kabul.

Photo: SITA / AP, Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi

Locals near a car destroyed by a rocket attack in Kabul, Afghanistan

Referring to the statements of a relative of the victims, the news television station CNN reported on Monday. The U.S. military has launched a drone attack on an “planner” of an offshoot of the Islamic State operating in Afghanistan, known as IS-K or ISIS-K, which has admitted to attacking Kabul airport.

The youngest civilian victim is a two-year-old girl, the brother of the man who died in the attack told CNN. It was an “ordinary normal family,” he said. “We are not an Islamic state and this was a family house where my brothers lived with their families,” he added. Neighbors and witnesses at the scene said several people, including children, were killed.

The U.S. military said on Sunday that there was information about civilian casualties. “We know that there were further strong explosions after the destruction of the vehicle, which suggests that there was a large amount of explosive material in it and it could lead to further casualties. It is unclear what could have happened, and we are still investigating, “said Bill Urban, a spokesman for the US Central Command.

The US military’s retaliatory attack in Kabul over the weekend claimed at least ten civilian casualties, local television station ToloNews reported.

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