Sunday’s strike had targeted a vehicle in Kabul, which the US Central Command said represented an “imminent” threat to the evacuation efforts ongoing at the Hamid Karzai International Airport at the time. Local media and the Taliban, however, said that ten civilians were killed as a result – seven of …
Read More »UNICEF says SEVEN children were killed in Kabul drone strike that US said targeted ISIS-K terrorists
“We have confirmation from open sources that seven children were killed” in the incident, Herve De Lys, UNICEF’s envoy to Afghanistan, told reporters on Monday. “We don’t know who is behind the strike,” he added. The apparent ignorance from De Lys was puzzling, since the same open sources that reported …
Read More »3 kids killed in US drone strike targeting Kabul suicide bombers – reports
Three children were killed in the Sunday evening strike, the official told AP, and while overall casualty figures are still unclear, unconfirmed reports suggest that as many as nine people, most of whom were apparently from the same family, perished in total. The strike obliterated a vehicle and sent smoke …
Read More »US military says it carried out drone strike targeting ISIS-K member in eastern Afghanistan
The retaliatory strike was carried out early Saturday morning, and was reported a success, resulting in no civilian casualties. “Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” US Central Command said in a statement. The target was described as “an ISIS-K planner” by US …
Read More »‘Killing for the sake of killing’: Disillusioned US drone pilots leak footage of air strikes against unarmed Afghans, media says
The footage, published on Tuesday as part of an investigation by military news outlet Connecting Vets, reportedly reveals how successive US administrations and defense strategists relaxed the rules of engagement in Afghanistan – as part of a policy to pressure the Taliban to the negotiating table. However, drone operators interviewed …
Read More »Drone footage of Greece’s second-largest island shows path of destruction wrought by massive wildfires
Dramatic drone footage of Evia from RT’s Ruptly video agency shows vast tracts of forest still engulfed in flames or burned to the ground. The blazes were so huge, they separated the two halves of the Aegean island, which has a population of 200,000. © Ruptly Firefighters working throughout the night …
Read More »Deadly attack on Israeli-operated ship off Oman coast was carried out by drone, US Navy says
American explosives experts, who have examined the Mercer Street product tanker, have discovered “clear visual evidence that an attack had occurred” on the ship, the Fifth Fleet said, in a statement on Saturday. “Initial indications clearly point to a (drone)-style attack,” it stated, without elaborating on how such a conclusion …
Read More »US drone whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to 45 months in prison
US District Judge Liam O’Grady passed the sentence on Tuesday in a federal court in Alexandria, Virginia, saying that the 45-month sentence was needed as a deterrent to others from disclosing government secrets. O’Grady told Hale he had other options than to share classified documents with a reporter. Hale, 33, …
Read More »Drone VIDEO shows partly submerged German town as severe floods claim 100+ lives nationwide
The houses in Insul, Rhineland-Palatinate can be seen partially submerged and damaged after the Ahr river overflowed its banks due to heavy rainfall. © Ruptly More than 100 died in Rhineland-Palatinate and neighboring North Rhine-Westphalia, German media reported on Friday, citing officials. Many more are unaccounted for as cell phone service …
Read More »Armed drone intercepted near US Embassy in Baghdad after rockets hit base housing American troops (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
The apparent drone attack came late on Monday night, Iraqi defense officials told AFP and Reuters, though the armed UAV failed to reach the embassy complex. It marked the 47th attack on American forces in Iraq so far in 2021, six of them involving drones, according to the French newswire. …
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