August 2021 Kabul drone strike | |
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Part of the War in Afghanistan (2001–2021), 2021 Afghanistan attacks, drone strikes in Afghanistan | |
U.S. military footage of the drone strike | |
Location | Kabul, Afghanistan |
Date | 29 August 2021 16:53 (UTC+04:30) |
Attack type | Drone strike |
Victims | 10 civilians killed, including 7 children and Zemari Ahmadi |
Perpetrators | ![]() |
On 29 August 2021, an unmanned drone attack by the United States killed 10 civilians in Kabul, Afghanistan, including 7 children. The U.S. initially said that the vehicle targeted in the strike had visited an Islamic State safe house and that there had been several secondary explosions, implying there had been explosives at the scene. Eyewitnesses and later independent investigations disproved this statement. Three weeks later, the U.S. confirmed that the target of the strike was a Toyota Corolla carrying aid workers and that only civilians had been killed in the strike. No U.S. personnel faced disciplinary action for the attack,[1] which prompted a group of 50 U.S. legislators to call for a review of military practices.