The American servicemen involved in a drone strike that killed 10 civilians including seven children at the end of August in Kabul, will not be sanctioned, the Pentagon announced on Monday.
“There weren’t enough solid elements to hold personal responsibility“Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said.
The decision concerning the strike, which took place in the last days of the American presence in Afghanistan, was taken by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin after a report by two high-ranking officers, General Kenneth McKenzie and General Richard Clarke.
The first is the head of Centcom, the military region that includes Afghanistan. The second is the chief of special operations.
Neither officer issued a recommendation for individual sanctions, said John Kirby.
As early as November 3, the Pentagon claimed that that strike in Kabul on August 29 was a tragic mistake but that she had not violated the laws of war.
“The investigation did not identify any violations of the law, including the law of war“, said in a report Lieutenant-General Sami Said, an official of the Ministry of Defense.
This strike was carried out the day before the American withdrawal from Afghanistan which took place on August 30, after 20 years of presence in the country. It was the longest war in the history of the United States.
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