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US defends strike that Afghan family says killed innocents

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File) Emal Ahmadi shows a photo of his family member who was killed during a U.S. drone strike on their home last Sunday, , at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File) FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021 file photo, Afghans inspect damage of Ahmadi family house after U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi, File) Romal Ahmadi, right, speaks during an interview with The associated Press during a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) Emal Ahmadi shows a photo of his family member who was killed during a U.S. drone strike on their home last Sunday, , at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi) Emal Ahmadi shows a photo of his family member who was killed during a U.S. drone strike on their home last Sunday, , at his home in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021. Ahmadi says Sunday's U.S. drone strike killed 10 members of his family, six of them children. Senior U.S. military officials said the drone strike hit an Islamic State target and disrupted the extremist' ability to further disrupt the final phase of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)