No punishment for US troops involved in deadly Kabul strike: Pentagon

WASHINGTON, 14 December 2021, (TON): The Pentagon said that no US military personnel would be held accountable for an August drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians, including seven children.

An earlier investigation by the Air Force inspector general said “the Aug. 29 strike was caused by execution errors, interpreting information that supported certain viewpoints, and communication breakdowns. The military previously called the strike a “tragic mistake.”

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters that senior commanders had made a number of recommendations to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin about the incident, none of which included any accountability measures for specific personnel.

Kirby said “Austin accepted the recommendations.”

He added “I do not anticipate there being issues of personal accountability to be had.”

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