Ruhullah Khapalwak

US Response to Civilian Casualties Confuses Controversial Kunduz Strike

If the death toll of ten civilians is confirmed, it would make the Chardara strike one of the biggest mistakes US aircraft have made in Afghanistan this year.

Jessica Purkiss
Ruhullah Khapalwak
Par Jessica Purkiss
Et Ruhullah Khapalwak
Afghan villagers gather around a victim who was killed during clashes between Taliban and Afghan security forces in Taliban's controlled village, Buz-e Kandahari village in Kunduz province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Nov. 4, 2016. (AP/Najim Rahim)

The US has added to the confusion about a major civilian casualty allegation in Afghanistan, complicating its initial statement that there were no innocents killed in the 4 November airstrike in Kunduz province. Residents' claims in the media that the attack on Chardara district had killed civilians were denied in the days following the

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15 Civilians Killed In Single US Airstrike Have Been Identified

The rate at which civilians are being killed by American airstrikes in Afghanistan is now higher than it was in 2014 when the US was engaged in active combat operations.

Jessica Purkiss
Ruhullah Khapalwak
Par Jessica Purkiss
Et Ruhullah Khapalwak
Photo of Hellfire missiles being loaded onto a US military Reaper drone in Afghanistan by Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force

The Bureau has been able to identify 15 civilians killed in a single US drone strike in Afghanistan last month – the biggest loss of civilian life in one strike since the attack on the Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital (MSF) last October. The US claimed it had conducted a “counter-terrorism” strike against Islamic State (IS) fighters when it hit

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