He said the Afghan military advised US special operations forces on the ground that they needed air support, and that the civilians were “accidentally struck”.
“An airstrike was then called to eliminate the Taliban threat and several civilians were accidentally struck,” he said.
Cull the gene pool and all that
One sometimes wonders just what side the Afghan government troops are on. This was a way to the US strike force a black eye, and it could all be sloughed off as “fog of war” misunderstanding on the part of the Afghani government troops.
Meanwhile, the Americans get blamed.