Afghanistan: Relatives of civilians killed in Kabul drone strike condemn US govt

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The relatives of people killed in a Kabul drone strike conducted by US forces in August have condemned the military operation whilst speaking from the scene of the attack on Sunday.
The strike was initially presented as a preventative take-out of a vehicle loaded with explosives set for Kabul’s airport.

Seven children and three adults were killed in an attack on August 29, in a military operation which the Pentagon has referred to as a “tragic mistake” during a press conference held on Friday. Relatives of the victims of the attack are demanding compensation from the US government for the damage caused, with one also requesting justice for those responsible for authorising the operation in a US court of law.

Following the Taliban takeover of Kabul, thousands fled to the airport in an attempt to evacuate from the country, with many attempting to board departing flights.
During the evacuation, a bomb attack was conducted on civilians congregating around the airport, wounding over 150 people and killing at least 95 on August 26.

According to US intelligence, the attack had been conducted by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province (ISIS-K), a self-proclaimed offshoot of the so-called Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL).

Following the deadly bombing, US President Joe Biden promised that US forces would “hunt down” and make “pay” those responsible for the attacks, leading to subsequent action, including the deadly drone strike on August 29.

Despite the deaths that took place early on in the evacuation of US and coalition forces from Afghanistan, Biden has defended the steps taken during the evacuation process, which formally ended by the August 31 deadline.

TRANSLATIONS:

SOT, Aimal, Relative of drone attack victims: “After the attack my family’s situation is very bad and also we have economic problems. You know about the situation of Afghanistan, [just only today] one of my brothers, [inaudible], he’s working [inaudible] and [supporting] three families in here. After today we are faced with a lot of problem[s], we have a bad situation like economic problem[s], like family problem[s] [and all of these things happened after the attack].

SOT, Aimal, Relative of drone attack victims: “No official of [the] USA has contacted [us], [I have only watched the] TV and they apologised [to us] and our family. Just only like that, no one [has] contacted me.”

SOT, Aimal, Relative of drone attack victims: “[You know that] the Afghan people have their famil[ies], their brother[s], their sister[s], their mother[s], all of their family. Who killed our family? Who will be [able to return them back to us, to our family]?”

SOT, Aimal, Relative of drone attack victims: “First of all, I am happy [to hear of the news] that America has accepted their mistake, their drone [struck] my family. After that [as a] second [point], I want for the USA [to recognise that it was] a mistake [for which] it should pay compensation [to] us. And [thirdly], they should transfer our family [to] a safe country because we have a lot of problem[s] in Afghanistan. And [fourthly], [who are the people] doing this action (drone strike)? They should be punished by the law of the court[s] of [the] USA. [This is a message] for the USA.”

SOT, Aimal, Relative of drone attack victims (Dari): “[Why are they targeting] innocent people in our country like my family? And also I want for the USA to stop their drone strikes in Afghanistan, do not try to kill or target innocent people in our country.”

SOT, Ajmal, Relative of drone attack victims (Dari): “It is very terrible here, it things are not good, I have lost children, my brother, my nephews, I have been lost all of them so currently it is a bad situation.”

SOT, Ajmal, Relative of drone attack victims (Dari): “No, no one has come to speak or to sympathise with us yet, or asked about the situation we are suffering, or asked about how we’re doing, where we are and where we live. Or whether we feel good or not. No one has asked us yet.”

SOT, Ajmal, Relative of drone attack victims (Dari): “We want them to come over now and commemorate with us, their government (US government) must come and they must pay the price and evacuate us from here to any other place as we are under attack now.”

SOT, Sameer, Relative of drone attack victims (Dari): “I was at my grandmother’s home when suddenly we heard the sound of an explosion having occurred. Someone contacted us and said the explosion took place in my home. At that time I was not aware who was killed but when they returned from the hospital, I heard the news that my uncle, my cousins and Naser, my other cousin, were killed.”

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