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US Admits Killing Family In Afghanistan

The Pentagon initially defended the drone strike

The United States has admitted it killed 10 members of the same family - including seven children - in a drone strike just before the pull out of Afghanistan.

Despite initially defending a drone strike in Afghanistan last month, US forces have now admitted it was a mistake.

The Pentagon says as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, died in Kabul.

It doesn’t think any militants from Islamic State were killed.

A senior general has offered his 'profound condolences' for the attack

General Frank McKenzie, the head of U.S. Central Command, says it hasn't turned out as they first thought:

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