Beijing piled on international pressure after the Pentagon said it won't discipline any troops over a drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians in August.
seized large parts of Afghanistan. Just three days earlier, a suicide bombing at Kabul airport claimed the lives of 13 American service members and 169 Afghan civilians.
Before approving the drone-launched missile that exploded inside a crowded residential compound, U.S. officials said they had received intelligence suggesting an individual—later identified as Ahmadi—and others were preparing an Islamic State attack targeting evacuation efforts at Afghanistan's capital airport., said the strike was regrettable and"an honest mistake.
A file photo of Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin speaking during a regular press conference in Beijing, China, on July 24, 2020. Wang criticized the United States on December 14, 2021, a day after the Pentagon said it would not discipline any American troops or officials for the mistaken drone strike that killed 10 Afghan civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 29, 2021.
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