US defends strike that Afghan family says killed innocents

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Sharply conflicting accounts person emerged of a drone onslaught the U.S. unleashed earlier this week, conscionable a time earlier completing its unit pullout from Afghanistan. Top generals accidental the onslaught killed an Islamic State “facilitator” and struck a car packed with explosives, earnestly weakening the militant group’s quality to disrupt the U.S. withdrawal. An Afghan household says the drone onslaught killed 10 of its members, including six children, and vehemently denied immoderate ties to IS. Analysts pass that the hazard of civilian casualties during drone strikes volition lone grow, present that the U.S. nary longer has on-the-ground intelligence.