No troops to be punished for strike in Afghanistan that killed civilians

The U.S. subject announced Monday that it would not reprimand troops who participated successful an onslaught successful Afghanistan that killed 10 civilians, including 7 children successful August.

Pentagon spokesperson John Kirby said Monday that an probe of the bombing recommended nary idiosyncratic accountability.

"What we saw present was a interruption down successful process and execution successful procedural events," Kirby said.

Kirby added that the onslaught was not the effect of negligence, misconduct oregon mediocre leadership.

The airstrike occurred successful the last days of the Afghanistan war. The U.S. was connected precocious alert aft a termination bomber killed 13 work members and much than 100 Afghan civilians adjacent the airdrome successful Taliban.

Initially, the U.S. said the airstrike successful Kabul killed an ISIS-K target. However, Gen. Frank McKenzie, Commander of U.S. Central Command, aboriginal admitted that it was a "tragic mistake."

According to NBC News, the U.S. tracked the incorrect conveyance aft it had showed up astatine a known ISIS-K location,