Mon 30 August 2021:
UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Afghanistan, Herve De Lys, said on Monday at least seven children were killed in the Afghan capital of Kabul during a drone strike, yet the agency is unaware who carried out the attack.
On Sunday, the US has reported carrying out drone strikes against The Islamic State-Khorasan terrorist group in Kabul and other areas of Afghanistan, allegedly killing high-ranking members of the group. The Taliban condemned the strike in Kabul and claimed it resulted in scores of civilian casualties.
Taliban Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told China’s state television CGTN on Monday that seven people were killed in the drone attack, describing the U.S. action on foreign soil as unlawful.
“If there was any potential threat in Afghanistan, it should have been reported to us, not an arbitrary attack that has resulted in civilian casualties,” Mujahid said in a written response to CGTN.
Mujahid had issued a similar condemnation of a U.S. drone strike on Saturday that killed two Islamic State militants in the eastern province of Nangarhar. He said two women and a child were wounded in that attack.
“The number of children that we are able to report… is seven children that have been killed. We don’t know who is behind the strike,” De Lys said in a press briefing.
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