‘THEY WERE IN PIECES’

U.S. Drone Strike in Kabul Kills 9 Members of 1 Family: Report

“We are not ISIS or Daesh and this was a family home,” a brother of one of the people killed told CNN.

A U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed nine members of one family, including six children, CNN reports. A brother of one of the victims spoke to a local journalist working with the network through tears, saying they were a normal family. “We are not ISIS or Daesh and this was a family home,” said the brother. The location of the airstrike was in the Khaje Bughra neighborhood, as confirmed by a U.S. official. One of the family’s neighbors said many people rushed to put out the fire caused by the strike and then saw the bodies. “They were dead. They were in pieces,” a man named Ahad said, according to CNN, adding that two other people were injured. According to the U.S. military, a car containing a “substantial amount of explosive material” was targeted in the attack, and its presence was indicated due to subsequent explosions after the initial airstrike.