The Taliban has addressed the drone strike that killed the head of the Al Qaeda network, investigating the incident as a “claim”.
Although US officials have not publicly confirmed which variant of the Hellfire was used, experts and others familiar with counterterrorism operations said a likely option was the highly secretive Hellfire R9X.
Maher al Agal was killed in northwest Syria, while his close associate was seriously injured, US military says.
The botched strike killed 10 civilians, including aid worker Zemari Ahmadi, his relatives and children.
Image posted on the news website included a missile coming down from a fist bearing a ring long associated with Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed by a US drone strike in Iraq on January 3, 2020.
Afghan survivors of the botched US drone strike that killed 10 members of their family in August say they are frustrated and saddened that US troops involved in the attack will go unpunished.
The US government has admitted that 10 civilians, who were killed in the drone attack in Kabul in late August, were innocent victims and were not affiliated with Daesh-K.
US officials say that a larger blast took place after the drone strike, showing that there were explosives in the vehicle but the New York Times investigation found no evidence of a second explosion.
The Pentagon says Qari Yasin was a senior figure from Balochistan who had ties to the Tehrik-e-Taliban group and had plotted multiple attacks.
US officials say a drone strike in Syria last month has killed Boubaker el Hakim, who is believed to be involved in planning the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris.
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