Drone footage of an American military strike in Kabul in August that killed 10 civilians (seven of whom were children) shows that children were nearby in the moments leading up to the explosion.
The New York Times today published clips of 25 minutes of footage from two drones, MQ-9 Reapers, showing the strike. The newspaper sued under the Freedom of Information Act to get the footage. The August 29 strike, right as the United States was pulling the last of its troops out of Afghanistan, was called on a man military intelligence believed was an Islamic State terrorist plotting to bomb the airport, and they believed they were hitting a terrorist compound when they struck his car.
