Kabul Drone Strike Reported as Hitting ISIS Suicide Bombers
Relying on US officials, outlets reported that a drone strike in Kabul had destroyed a vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers headed for the airport, with secondary explosions showing explosives on board.
Bolstered the Biden administration's account of the final days of the Afghanistan withdrawal.
What was reported
Relying on US officials, outlets reported that a drone strike in Kabul had destroyed a vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers headed for the airport, with secondary explosions showing explosives on board.
What actually happened
Early reports passed along the Pentagon's account, and Gen. Mark Milley called it a righteous strike on Sept. 1. Investigations by The New York Times and The Washington Post found no evidence of explosives and identified the driver as Zemari Ahmadi, an aid worker for a US-based group. On Sept. 17 the Pentagon admitted the strike killed 10 civilians, including seven children, and no ISIS-K members.
The proof
Central Command's own Sept. 17, 2021 admission that the strike was a mistake that killed 10 civilians.
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Kabul Drone Strike Reported as Hitting ISIS Suicide Bombers — Debunked. Central Command's own Sept. 17, 2021 admission that the strike was a mistake that killed 10 civilians. Full file: https://www.thepropagandafiles.com/case/kabul-drone-strike-isis-bomber-claim/
Original reporting
- AP (via WTOP): Drone strikes vehicle with 'multiple suicide bombers'https://wtop.com/national/2021/08/us-officials-drone-strikes-vehicle-with-multiple-suicide-bombers-on-way-to-kabul-airport-threat-believed-eliminated/
Corrections, findings & records
- NPR: Reports show the strike targeted an aid worker carrying waterhttps://www.npr.org/2021/09/11/1036349101/reports-u-s-drone-strike-targeted-aid-worker-carrying-water-not-explosives
- ABC13: US military admits it killed 10 civilianshttps://abc13.com/amp/kabul-airstrike-in-afghanistan-us-airport-attack/11027677
Archived copies
Stories get edited after publication. These open the Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of each original.
- Archived copy: AP (via WTOP): Drone strikes vehicle with 'multiple suicide bombers'https://web.archive.org/web/2/https://wtop.com/national/2021/08/us-officials-drone-strikes-vehicle-with-multiple-suicide-bombers-on-way-to-kabul-airport-threat-believed-eliminated/