A senior U.S. defense official in Afghanistan's capital city Kabul on Frida...
JALALABAD/KABUL - A senior U.S. defense official in Afghanistan’s capital city Kabul on Friday said Islamic State fighters were hiding among pine nut harvesters when a U.S. drone strike in eastern Afghanistan killed at least 32 people.
Provincial Afghan officials on Friday said 32 men and children were killed and more than 40 were injured in the strike. “We were not privy to this ‘agreement’ that puts them amongst other harvesters. We are working through it now with the officials,” he told Reuters. Afghan forces, often backed by the U.S. military, have intensified ground and air operations against Islamist groups to protect civilians, government buildings, polling stations and a large expatriate population.
IS fighters are seen as an even greater threat than the Taliban because of their military capabilities and strategy of targeting civilians. The U.S. military estimates there are about 2,000 IS fighters in Afghanistan.
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