Possible civilian casualties were reported within 20 minutes following the strike by US military analysts, who assessed that at least three children were killed.
After reviewing an internal U.S. military investigation of the 2021 U.S. drone strike that killed civilians in Kabul, the New York Times called the attack a "deadly blunder."
Documents obtained through a lawsuit reveal how biases led to the deadly August 2021 blunder, and that officials made misleading statements concealing their assessment of civilian casualties.