US strike in Afghanistan may have targeted aid worker instead of Islamic State members: Report

A video analysis by the New York Times has shown that the US military may have mistakenly targeted an aid worker rather than ISKP in its final strike in Afghanistan on August 29.

The United States may have mistakenly targeted an aid worker rather than the fighters of the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) in its final strike in Afghanistan on August 29, a video analysis by the New York Times has shown. The US conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan after a suicide bomb attack, claimed by the ISKP, killed over 170 Afghans and 10 US servicemen near the Kabul airport on August 26. The Pentagon had said it conducted a Reaper drone strike on August 29 to prevent a new attack planned by the Islamic State extremist group.