KABUL (Pajhwok): The US military has admitted killing a dozen civilians during operations in Afghanistan in 2021 before its chaotic pullout from the country.
In its annual report released on Tuesday, the Pentagon acknowledged a dozen civilians were killed and five others wounded in US operations in the war-torn country.
The civilian casualties occurred in Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, reads the congressionally-mandated public document.
Ten of the civilians were killed in a botched US drone strike in Kabul on Aug.29. Seven of the ten civilian fatalities were children, according to the Washington Examiner.
The Defense Department made . . .
