the killing of children, or for the lying about it for weeks? now why is that? we think we know. back on september 1st, mark milley explained the drone strike wasn t out of the ordinary, it followed the very same procedures that every othe drone strike over the last 20 years in afghanistan,. we had very good intelligenc that isis k was preparing a specific type vehicle and a specific type location. we monitored that through various means, and all of the engagement was being met, we went to the same level of rigor we have done for years and we took a strike. we had very good intelligence . this same kind of intelligence that led us to believe german educated saudi s would never fl planes into. the intelligence that told us the berwyn clinton was to fall.
mistake that left seven innocent children and three innocent adults, including an aid worker for an american company, dead. i offer my profound condolences to the family and friends of those who were killed. our investigation now concludes that the strike was a tragic mistake. reporter: the deadly attack came just three days after a suicide bomber killed 13 american service members and some 170 afghans at the kabul airport. the pentagon said intelligence indicated another attack was imminent. so for eight hours, u.s. drones then followed a car they thought had linked up with isis-k. officials say when the driver loaded the vehicle with what they thought were explosives, a hellfire missile was launched. even days later the chairman of the joint chiefs supporting the strike. we had very good intelligence that isis-k was preparing a specific type vehicle at a specific type location.
members and more than 170 afghans at the kabul airport. and intelligence indicated another attack was imminent. for more than eight hours, a drone tracked a car officials believed had linked up with isis. officials say when the driver loaded the vehicle with what they thought were explosives, a hell fire missile was launched. it was a righteous strike. we had very good intelligence that isis-k was preparing a specific type vehicle at a specific type location. reporter: bystander video widely shared online capturing the aftermath of the deadly strike, but a new york times investigation using surveillance video and interviews calls the strike into question. what the pentagon thought were explosives may have been water canisters, loaded by the driver zemari ahmadi and his colleagues, who worked for an american aid agency.
have, that ten civilians, as many as ten civilians may have been killed. because of the urgent threat environment at the time, do preliminary assessments indicate that we may have rushed, relaxed or waived altogether all the checks and balances we do before a strike like that? couple things. one is as we always do on all of these things we initiate an investigation. we re reviewing the video and all that. what do we know and don t know and what do we think sort of thing? at the time and i think this is still valid, we had very good intelligence that isis-k was preparing a specific type vehicle at a specific type location. we monitored that through various means. and all of the engagement criteria being met. we went through the same level of rigor that we have for years and we took a strike.
explosives, we take this car out with a drone strike and reports now say that we may have the ten civilians, as many as ten civilians may have been killed. because of the urgent threat environment at the time, these preliminary assessments, is that the case that we may have rushed, relaxed, or waived altogether some of the normal checks and balances we do before a strike like that? a couple things, as we always do on all of these things, we initiate an investigation. we are analyzing the video and all of that. what do we know, what do we think, that sort of thing, at the time and i think it s still valid we had very good intelligence that isis-k was preparing a specific type vehicle at a specific type of location. we monitored that through various means. and all of the engagement criteria was being met, we went through the same level of vigor