seemed miffed as to why the defense secretary was not available to answer questions as well. lloyd austin is scheduled to appear before a different committee later this month. for the last two weeks cnn has been investigating the u.s. military s final drone strike which targeted a car in kabul, afghanistan just hours before all u.s. troops were withdrawn. the u.s. military claims they hit a legitimate terrorist target. but cnn s investigation raises some serious questions about the u.s. government s accounts of what happened that day. and a warning to some of our viewers, this report contains some very graphic scenes that may be difficult to watch. but first live to cnn s anna coren who s been working the story. she is with us now from hong kong. so anna, what can you tell us? well, john, look, there are serious doubts as to whether in fact the u.s. military actually got the right target, possibly killing ten innocent civilians. as you say, this has been a two-week investigation by
through, it s because of larry elder. this was supposed to be a referendum on the governor and his failed leadership with covid and it s become about larry elder. the fact as you say, he s already acknowledging he may lose this and is going to blame it on voter fraud is ludicrous. california has two to one democrat, of course early voting will be in favor of democrats. in this recall election, it should be about not just turning out the base that larry eldser caters to but the democrats and indep independents who have been frustrated with gavin newsom. with this nonsense about voter fraud before any vote has been counted will not get people up and vote. you say nonsense. they see strategy. we ll see how far this goes once the votes are counting, actually. thank you both. thank you. the u.s. military says the final drone strike on car in kabul was to take out a legitimate terrorist target but a cnn investigation is casting
after that horrific suicide bombing at kabul airport that leftover 170 afghans dead as well as 13 american service members. the biden administration had been warning of another imminent attack, but now there are significant questions about whether this aid worker, who worked for a u.s.-based ngo for 15 years was as the u.s. has claimed an isis-k facilitator with explosives. here is what secretary of state tony blinken had to say when asked about the strike on monday. no country on earth, no government takes more effort, takes more precautions to try to ensure that anyone other than the intended terrorist target is struck using a drone or by any other means. but certainly we know that in the past civilians have been hurt and have been killed in these strikes.
for the last two weeks cnn has been investigating the u.s. military s final drone strike on a car in kabul. just hours before u.s. troops were fraught from aversion. u.s. military claims it hit a legitimate terrorist target. anna coren joins us right now. this report contains scenes that are graphic and may be hard to watch. what have you learned? reporter: doubts have been raised over whether the u.s. military actually hit an isis-k target when they dropped a missile on a car in a kabul neighborhood two weeks ago. according to the family and colleagues of the targeted victim, 43-year-old aide worker zamarai amati, the u.s. got it wrong. the investigation was led by
hit a legitimate terrorist target, but cnn s investigation raises some very serious questions about the u.s. government s accounts of what happened that day. we want to warn viewers in advance that this report contains images that are graphic and may be difficult to watch. reporter: screams of horror in a kabul neighborhood on the last sunday afternoon of august, as residents desperately try to extinguish the fire ball caused by an airstrike. translator: i did not know the attack was only on our house. reporter: the target, a white sedan that had been under u.s. military surveillance for the past eight hours. according to a u.s. official with knowledge of the operation. it had just driven into the residential compound with father of seven and ngo worker amari behind the wheel. translator: i saw my father