(HRNW) – The US targeted an aid worker with a drone strike in Kabul, mistakenly believing he was an ISIS militant preparing for a terror attack, according to a New York Times report.
In the process, the August 29 strike killed 10 Afghan civilians, including seven children.
The US military framed the threat posed by the car as imminent, and defended the drone attack as a “righteous strike”. Officials said the military believed the car was being packed with explosives for an attack.
But footage obtained by The New York Times suggests Ahmadi was actually loading the car with water containers for his home.
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