U.S. drone kills 30 farm workers in Afghanistan

A U.S. drone strike intended to hit an ISIS hideout in Afghanistan killed at least 30 civilians resting after a day’s work in the fields.

The attack on Wednesday night also injured 40 people after accidentally targeting farmers and laborers who had just finished collecting pine nuts at mountainous Wazir Tangi in eastern Nangarhar province, three Afghan officials told Reuters.

Afghanistan’s Defence Ministry and a senior U.S official in Kabul confirmed the drone strike but did not share details of civilian casualties.

At least 30 civilians killed in a US backed drone strike in Nangarhar
 People attend the funeral of the victims of US drone strike in Khogyani district of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan. EPA-EFE/GHULAMULLAH HABIBI

 

Via Reuters

 

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