Pentagon: No US troops to be punished for Afghan drone strike - BBC News

The US has said no American troops or officials will be held accountable for a drone strike that killed 10 people in Afghanistan in August.

The attack took place during the final days of the US-led evacuation of Kabul after the Taliban seized control.

An aid worker and nine members of his family, including seven children, died in the strike.

American intelligence had believed the aid worker's car was linked to IS-K, a local branch of Islamic State.

But in the aftermath, US Central Command's Gen Kenneth McKenzie described the strike on 29 August as a "tragic mistake".