This video footage shows a drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 29, 2021, that killed 10 civilians. AP
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Three days earlier a suicide bombing at the airport had killed 13 US troops and more than 160 Afghans.
When it later acknowledged its error in the Aug. 29 drone strike, Central Command said it determined that the man driving the car had nothing to do with the Daesh group.
This image from video shows a missile fired from a drone in Kabul on Aug.29, 2021, that killed 10 civilians. AP
The man was Zemari Ahmadi, who worked for Nutrition and Education International, a US-based aid organization.
An Afghan whose daughter was among 10 relatives killed by a wrongly directed US drone strike expressed anger at Washington's decision not to punish anyone for the deadly mishit.
"God will take revenge," said Aimal Ahmadi, 32, who lost his three-year-old daughter Malika and nine other relatives in the August 29 strike, which came as the United States military scrambled to complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan.