Military brass claim they knew within hours that airstrike killed Afghan civilians, contradicting DOD

The Pentagon’s top leaders acknowledged they knew within hours that an Aug. 29 airstrike in Kabul killed innocent civilians, claiming U.S. Central Command quickly admitted so, but the Defense Department repeatedly declined to confirm civilian casualties in the days after the strike.

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