of civilian casualties from our strike in kabul on 29 august. having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting analysis by interagency partners, i am now convinced that as many as ten civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike. moreover, we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis k, or were a direct threat to us forces. i offer my profound condolences to family and friends of those who were killed. this strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces and the evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake, and i offer my sincere apologies. as the combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and its tragic outcome our correspondent secunder kermani saw the aftermath of the drone strike in kabul. we were at the scene the morning after the strike,
a short time ago. i m here to brief the results of the investigation i directed following the report of civilian casualties from our strike in kabul on 29 august. having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting analysis by inter agency partners, i am now convinced that as many as ten children, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike. moreover, we now assess that it is unlikely that the vehicle and those who died were associated with isis k or were a direct threat to us forces. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. this strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces and the evacuees at the airport, but it was a mistake. and i offer my sincere apology. as the combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and the tragic outcome. let s cross live to washington and
that related to the august 29th air strike in kabul. he will stick around for questions. i ll moderate the questions as we have done before. since we got a full house here and he s had limited time, i d ask you to keep your follows to a absolute minimum so that we can be as fair as we can to everybody. when the general is done, i ll come back and brief on some other topics as well. with that, general mckenzie, can you hear and see me? i ll see you fine. thanks. i ll turn the floor over to you. good afternoon. i m here to brief the results of the investigation i directed following the report of civilian casualties from the strike of kabul 29 august. having reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting of analysis, i m now convinced that as many as ten civilians including up to seven children were tragically killed
white toyota corolla as a key element in the next attack. because the compound at point number 1 was our strongest lead for this series of imminent attacks, we initiated an intense surveillance with as many as six mqn reapers on the morning of 29 august. at 8:52 a.m. local time on 29 august, a white toyota corolla arrived at point number 1, the compound we believed to be a key area of interest associated with imminent threats to the airport. two adult males exited the vehicle, met with an adult male in the compound and received a bag from him. the corolla departed the compound heading south and we followed the vehicle. at 9:05 a.m., the toyota corolla picked up a third adult male carrying a bag at point number 2 and continued south. 9:35, the corolla arrived at the compound at point number 3,
unlikely that the vehicle and those that died were associated with isis-k or direct threat to u.s. forces. i offer my profound condolences to family and friends of those killed. this strike was taken in the earnest belief it would prevent imminent threat to our forces and evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake. i offer my sincere apology. as combatant commander, i am fully responsible for the strike and tragic outcome. i have begun with the most important findings of the investigation, i want to provide the background leading up to the strike and include an explanation as to why we felt reasonably certain this was a legitimate strike on imminent isis-k threat with no indication that the strike would result in civilian casualties as we asserted in our initial statements. the strike on 29 august must be considered in the context of the