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Incident is the number of statements that have come, for example, from the joint chiefs chairman mark milley as a righteous strike. the pentagon saying the threat emanating from the location of the strike was, quote, very real, very specific, and very imminent. those that were killed did not appear to be linked to isis at all. most of them were children. how could this go so wrong? >> well, boris, good morning. there are a lot of ways these things can go wrong. we're kind of seeing this unravel in real time, you know, as the more information comes out and reports like anna coren's become part ...

Said ten civilians were killed in a drone strike in kabul in late august, including seven children. general kenneth mckenzie says that the u.s. struck what it thought it was an isis-k target. it was actually an aid worker and his family. >> this strike was taken in the earnest belief that it would prevent an imminent threat to our forces and the evacuees at the airport. but it was a mistake. and i offer my sincere apology. as a combatant commander, i am fully responsible for this strike and this tragic outcome. while the team conducted the strike did so in the honest belief that they were prev...

Of the administration's ability to wit the over-the-horizon attacks. >> we've shown that capacity just in the last week. we've struck isis-k remotely. days after they murdered 13 of our service members. dozens of innocent afghans. >> reporter: but now, we know, christi and boris, that this was not an attack on the isis-k member, but instead on an innocent aid worker and his family. so, we do know that president biden was briefed on the outcome of the investigation before the news of the findings went public yesterday. but we still have not heard a direct response from the white house about it....

Your question about this and oth, i'll sort of echo what i said. i would reject a parallel between this operation and an over the horizon strike against isis-k target. we will have an opportunity to further develop the target and time to look at pattern of life. that time was not available to us because this was imminent threat to our forces. it's important i inforemphasizet . i don't think urkdyou should dr any conclusion about our basis

Saying that he would not qualify the entire operation in those terms. this of course also raises serious questions about these over-the-horizon capabilities that they keep talking about with no troops, no military presence in afghanistan, how will they be able to strike these terrorist targets? and, again, general mckenzie pointed to a strike against another isis-k target saying that that was extremely successful. he also said there were other successful operations that we haven't heard about. but there was the possibility of civilian casualties raised immediately following this strike by cent...