The US authorities decided not to punish the military for the death of ten civilians, including seven children, as a result of the air strike in Kabul. Reports about it The New York Times (NYT).
According to the American newspaper, the leadership of the Pentagon during the investigation did not reveal violations of the law when applying for an attack. The decision to punish anyone for the victim among the civilian population of US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin instructed to accept the head of the Central Command of the USA to General Kennetus McKenzy and the head of the Command of Sun Operations of the USA (SOCOM) General Richard Clark. They considered such penalties as a reprimand or a decrease in the rank of guilty, but the generals did not see the offense in the actions of military personnel in Afghanistan.
The official representative of Pentagon John Kirby said that what happened in Kabul was a failure in the process and implementation of procedural actions, and not by the consequence of negligence, the result of the offense or bad leadership.
In September, McCenzie called the error of the American drone along the car in Kabul, as a result of which ten civilians were killed, including seven children. The military recognized that no one in the car was associated with terrorists.
August 29 in Kabul, the American drone attacked the car, as a result of which people died. In the Pentagon, they stated that in the destroyed car, presumably there were a large number of explosives, as well as several suicide bombers who planned to attack Kabuli airport to disrupt evacuation.