The crisis in Kabul has forced the US to take actions remotely but sadly, remote actions aren't as exact or accurate. An example of this just played out on August 29th in Kabul as the US carried out a remote air raid attack in hopes of killing Taliban soldiers in the afghan capital. The strike was targeted at vehicle in the airport to wipe out any imminent threat to forces there but the wrong vehicle had been scouted and it is assumed that no ISIS members were killed. The US called it a "horrible tragedy" and "Heart wrenching" due to the 7 children who passed. The new age of war has its benefits and downfalls and one downfall is that tragedies like this are bound to happen.
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/17/tragic-mistake-us-drone-strike-512586
Sam Barton
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