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Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group

Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group

Afghan killed by drone praised by co-workers in US aid group
Sep 15, 2021 1 min, 54 secs

drone strike last month was an enthusiastic and beloved longtime employee at an American humanitarian organization, his colleagues say, painting a stark contrast to the Pentagon’s claims that he was an Islamic State group militant about to carry out an attack on American troops.

29 strike in Kabul, with devastating consequences, killing seven children and two other adults from his family.

The Pentagon says it is further investigating the strike, but it has no way to do so on the ground in Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover, severely limiting its ability to gather evidence.

Accounts from the family, documents from colleagues seen by The Associated Press, and the scene at the family home — where Zemerai Ahmadi’s car was struck by a Hellfire missile just as he pulled into the driveway — all seem to sharply contradict the accounts by the U.S.

But there are no signs of large secondary blasts the Pentagon said were caused by explosives hidden in the car trunk.

The family wants the United States to hear their side of the story and see the facts on the ground.

Give us the proof,” Emal Ahmadi, Zemerai’s younger brother, said of the U.S.

Another photo showed her charred remains after she was killed in the strike.

The strike was carried out in the final days of the U.S.

The Pentagon says the strike prevented another IS attack at the airport.

Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called it a “righteous strike,” and said “at least one of the people that were killed was an ISIS facilitator,” using an acronym for the Islamic State group.

The family said when the 37-year-old Zemerai, alone in his car, pulled up to the house, he honked his horn.

Only days before the strike, Zemerai and Romal applied for special visas to the U.S.

“Everything we’re hearing about him is just so disturbing and so absurd because he had such love for his people,” said Sonia.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said he’s “not aware of any option that would put investigators on the ground in Kabul.” The U.S.

The family, grieving and furious, still wants refuge in the United States.

“Just talk to us because our teams are now terrified,” Sonia said

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